MOTOR VEHICLES COLLIDE.
A DRIVER'S EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE. Palmeraton North, July 29. A moat extraordinary accident occurred on the Napier Road yesterday afternoon, when a collision took place between a car driven by a Hawke** Bay motorist and a motor iorry. Mr, Bur* luce, of Pnlmerston North, Was oo»Mg la from Woodville with a load of furniture on hia motor lorry, and wh«n juftt on the brow of Hopkirk's Hill, Creek, lie collided with a motor-car coming in the opposite direction, 'WifK : the result that the off far wheel lorry was shattered. The force ofFpi# ; impact caused the motor car to Mfn . over mid roll down the hill, and '■< eventually brought up upside the top of an unfinished culvert. tunately thin lmd not yet. got a top on, ■■■'■: : and the driver, who had kept his seat, ■ ; fell into the opening and was thus karri .< from heiii'i erushed by the weight of tiro ' car. Onlookers naturally expected the 'iriver to he badly injured, but on reachtn? the spot it was found that he had escaped with a few bruises and a shaking, while not much damage was done' to the car.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1919, Page 5
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189MOTOR VEHICLES COLLIDE. Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1919, Page 5
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