The Archive · 1939

Famous Woman Motorist

In Accident

Companion of Mts. Kay Petrie Killed in Collision Lyons, Jan. 21.

Mrs, Kay Petrie, was injured and her companion, Major R. C. Empson, another well-known British motorist, was killed when their car collided with a motor-lorry at Amberieu, near Ville France.

They were following the competitor: in a Monte Carlo rally to report the event for a London newspaper. Mr: Petrie suffered head injuries. She taken to a clinic where a trepanning operation was performed. The doctors de not consider that her life is in danger.

Major Empson was an Aus Reuter.

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