A CYCLIST KILLED.
RUN DOWN BY MOTOR CAR. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, last Night. A motor accident with fatal results accurred yesterday afternoon at Penrose. Arthur John Horton, married, aged 48, was cycling, when a motor car, travelling at a great rate, overtook and ra.n him down. Although a witness to the accident beckoned to the driver of the car he merely turned his head, and the .car dashed on, leaving the victim on Hie roadway with concussion of the brain, fracture of the base o f '"- other severe injuries to the face, and internal bleeding. The rar was-not driven by its owner, but had been appropriated by two persons at present unknown, and was found deserted later at Onehunga. Horton was employed as a greaser at the Westfield Freezing Works. He died in the hospital last night.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1920, Page 5
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138A CYCLIST KILLED. Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1920, Page 5
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