KILLED BY LORRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 110, 11 May 1926, Page 10

KILLED BY LORRY.

THE THREE LAMPS ACCIDENT. LEONARD OLOUGHLINS DEATH CORONER SAYS ACCIDENTAL. When Leonard Claud O'Loughlin (34) ran to catch a Ponsonby tram at the Three Lamps on the evening of April 23, he was struck and knocked down by a motor lorry driven by Lawrence Alfred Jobson. It was dark at the time and there was a drizzling rain falling. Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. W. Poynton. S.M., held an inquiry into the circumstances touching the death of Mr. O'Loughlin. Sergeant Waterman represented the police, Mr. R. B. Giesen appeared for the driver of the lorry and Mr. Goulding (instructed by Mr. J. J. Sullivan) appeared for the relatives of the dead man. The Accident Described. Francis Pengelly, who was on the lorry at the time of the accident, said, that when turning into Ponsonby Road, the lorry went on the inside of the Three Lamps. " When passing the lamps, witness felt the right-hand side wheel bump over something. The driver clapped on tho brakes, the lorry went on a little, then eased up. The lorry drew up by the | side of the road to be clear of the traffic, j "We went back," said witness, "and i saw a man lying on the road. The man was carried to a nearby chemist's I shop, and the ambulance and a doctor ! were sent for." Witness estimated the speed of the lorry at 10 to 12 miles per hour. The driver sounded his horn as he approached and as he turned the corner. Drizzling rain on the windscreen partly obscured the vision. Sergeant Waterman: If the lorry had gone the other side of the Three Lamps, would the accident have happened? Witness: I could not say. Driver Tells His Story The driver of the lorry, Lawrence Alfred Jobson, said he exercised every j precaution at the time and could not suggest any reason why the man ! came under the wheels of the lorry. Hounding the corner into Ponsonby Road, witness went on the side of the Three Lamps nearest the hotel. He had complete control of the lorry. He clapped |on the brakes, but considering that he : I was well clear of the object he had j j run over, he continued to the side of | the road, out of the way of the traffic, i He had sounded the horn before roundi ing the corner. "The first indication I had that something was wrong." said witness, "was when I felt the bump. Deceased was a felloy employee of mine." Questioned by the sergeant, witness said he could not say whether the accident would have happened if he had gone round the other side of the Three Lamps. Medical Evidence. Dr. D. N. W. Murray described the injuries received by the dead man. In his opinion death was due to shock and j haemorrhage, following injuries received, i such injuries being consistent with having been run over by a. motor lorry. The Verdict. The coroner returned a verdict that deceased was accidentally killed through being run over by a motor lorry driven by Lawrence Alfred Jobson. The accident was caused by deceased getting in front of the lorry while running to catch a Ponsonby-Newton tram.