Follow-up on the truck accident after the Wigram meeting: the Tucker family, out for an afternoon stroll, were hit when a flat-bed truck carrying spectators rolled on to them on Wigram Road. Six people from the truck were injured, and the five family members and three men from Lincoln were admitted to hospital with mostly minor to moderately serious injuries.
Facts
- The truck rolled over about 6 p.m. on 29 January 1978 on a bend in Wigram Road between Dunbars and Carrs roads, with the family walking a short distance from their home.
Photos
- The truck at the scene of yesterday's multiple-injury accident.
- Keke Rosberg of Finland, winner of his second Peter Stuyvesant title, reads his pit signals as he heads for a win.
