CROSSING FATALITY.
BAINESSE- ACCIDENT. ■ • * FINDING AT INQUEST. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) PALMERSTON- NORTH, this day. At the inquest concerning the death of Samuel Bambery, a lorry driver, who Avas killed at a railway crossing near Bainesse last Thursday, Mrs. Leach, who witnessed the. accident, stated that the lorry driver did not seem aware that the train -was so close when he drove over the crossing. She knew the deceased, and he was bli'rid in the left eye. The driver of the engine, Mr. T. Yardley, stated that the, driver of the lorry gave no indication that he was about to cross the line. As soon as witness saw the lorry making for the crossing he applied the brake ,and brought the train to a stop within 200 yds. ' The coroner returned a verdict that deceased met his death in a collision between a motor lorry he was driving and a train, adding that the accident could only be attributed to the failure of deceased: to take proper precautions whe» approaching the crossing. The crossing problem was a difficult one, stated the coroner, the human element being'the deciding factor between safety and danger. The ,case showed how extreme care should be taken by anyone approaching crossings. .
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 262, 5 November 1930, Page 8
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204CROSSING FATALITY. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 262, 5 November 1930, Page 8
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