MOTOR CAR FATALITY.
FALL OVER AN EMBANKMENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) MASTERTON, Saturday. A well-known settler of Greytown, named John Cotter, was motoring down Paimerston North to-day, and when about five miles to the north of Mastertou hi? car became unmanageable. The motorist was descending a hill at the time, and his car went over the emhankreent. Cotter jumped from the car and fell on lus head, breaking his neck and one arm, and sustaining scalp wounds. Death was instantaneous.
The deceased leaves a widow and one daughter (Mrs White, of Porangahaui. At the inquest the evidence showed that the deceased, in •comptny with a chauffeur named Barling, was driving a new car. When ascending,the bill the car got into a water-table. It then sheered across the road, and went over the embankment, which was about 60ft deep.
The car fell on Cotter, while Barling . escaped with broken fingers and bruises. A verdict of death, from mSsadrentuxe [was retjujied. ***" "s.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 288, 4 December 1911, Page 5
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