DRIVER DROWNED
TRUCK PLUNGES INTO SWAMP NEAR TE ANAU
(New Zealand Press Association) INVERCARGILL. November 25.
A Dunedin bridge contractor was drowned early this morning when the truck he was driving left the road and plunged into a swamp about four miles from Lake Te Anau. He was:
Colin Douglas Drysdale, aged 30 of 42 Cavell street. Anderson’s Bay, a partner in the firm, Murrell and Drysdale, which is bridge-building in the area.
The accident occurred between 4.30 and 5 o'clock in the morning at Kakapo swamp on the Lumsden-Te Anau highway. The truck left the road and went over a 10-foot bank into the swamp.
It was thought Mr Drysdale was alone in the truck. The swamp was dragged by Constable A. R. Gilmour of Invercargill, but no trace of a passenger was found. -Press, 26/11/1956.
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