ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
NEWBOLD STREET, ROCHDALE.
24 JUNE 1967
"POLICE MANNING A ROAD BLOCK AT
THE JUNCTION OF MILNROW ROAD AND ALBERT ROYDS STREET [CALAMITY CORNER]
WERE AMAZED TO SEE A LARGE PANTECHNICON TURN DOWN NEWBOLD STREET JUST SHORT
OF THE ROAD BLOCK. A FEW SECONDS LATER THEY HEARD THE BANG
AS THE VEHICLE JAMMED ITSELF UNDER THE LOW STONE ARCHWAY OF THE RAILWAY
BRIDGE ON NEWBOLD STREET.
ONE OF THE THREE OCCUPANTS OF THE
CAB WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN, BUT
WAS DISCHARGED AFTER TREATMENT."