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3 Tonner Accident At Cemmaes Road
Courtesy of Keith Briggs
Report #1
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ARMY LORRY PLUNGES OFF ROAD |
| Twenty-one young soldiers from the All Arms Junior Leaders’ Regiment at Tonfannau were injured when this lorry left the road and tumbled down a 70ft. slope between Machynlleth and Cemmeas on Thursday. |
| The lorry was in a convoy at the time on its way to an adventure training camp at Cemmaes when it appears that the verge of the road collapsed. |
| Ambulances from three counties rushed the injured boys to Aberystwyth Hospital where eight were detained. Fourteen others were accommodated at the medical reception centre at Tonfannau with cuts and bruises. |
SERIOUSLY INJURED |
| Of the eight detained in hospital two were reported to be seriously injured. They are Junior Privates J.W. Dennis, of Cudworth, near Barnsley , and D.S. Dows, of Brough, Yorkshire. |
| The civilian driver of the lorry, who was also injured, Mr. G.H. Franklin, of Llwyngwril, was transferred from Aberystwyth to St. Laurence’s Hospital, Chepstow. |
| It was stated today that all the injured boys are now making progress. |
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