STRUCK BY LORRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 33, 9 February 1939, Page 12

STRUCK BY LORRY.

TRAFFIC INSPECTOR.

FATALLY INJURED. EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. (i:.v T-li'irnudi.-- I'p-iM A--..-. i:iii..n.) l;o'l"()l!I'A. Him day. 'I'll.' iii'|in'.| Wii - n-Miined (lii, iiinniin.i: li.-f.in. Mr. A. .f. T..11-. 1111 • .-..n, hit. iiiln tin- ciri-iini-tiiiii-1 , -. »uri .iindiii._' tinlli'iltli nf 'riiMirin-. Artliiif Allen,.k, n M.i in Iliuliw ii \ 4 ft-si fill- liH|u'ptnr. -tilti-illl-d ill lII.' ll.itnniM «-111 l -HfT, 1 fi11.,1 illjl||-i.<. nil ('llli-tlllM* Kvc when hi' «;k "lill.k liy ;i InITV on Ilio I'lilciriiM ■ Ttin 1 11 liiuliwiiy. "liil. , iii Hi.- nil ..I' icauliitiiif.' (rnllir. 111 ,, 111:1 j. 11 it y nf tin , lii.niiiii.j wn« i.i->ii|iii'd « ilh Mi.- i-\ iili'iicc ,if Kiiink Li'-li.' I'lirk. I'nlili. , W,.ik- who « ilx nil I'M' v\ it l.i-is nf till , lli-ciili'llt. Mr. I'nik iii ihiii lii< iitlctili.ui wno lir-i iiliin.-fi'fl i.y tln< li-lii of 11 inn-li lii'lny wnv.'d. mi,l n- lie !i|i|irnnclip(l lir ficiii'h im! Jiwpclnr Alli-iick. whom lie i(>ci,._.|il~,-d, 1 lii'wiili' i-nr. wliii-ll \\ii- |iiiils('d lit. the side nf tlir mud. Wli.Mi wilnr'«s wi« nliiiiil ."iflfl ili-tnnt In' 11 l.ti-ry I'lu.-ruc fmiii tin- rciir nf Ml'. All* k , * nil. Tli,. iti<|ici<lnr .ippi'iiri'il t.i turn hi< li.-nil mid »h<>ul«li>r«. n* llnillirli xtiirtli'il liy tin- lurry, ail'l ■"i-rliii-d in\ i.lmilai il\- in sti-p mil u ;inl.«. Hi- would lie in tli'i , |iiitli .it' tlii> lurry ulirn wi(ni..i liisl s.iw him, mid tli'i--ti'|i wniilil hiinjr hi,,, fmtlior into it* |.ith. j Pulled Up Quickly. Ifc was shuck liy fho fr.mf ,if flulurry 11 ml curried n ilNtuiien nf (lift. The Inn y ii|i|ieiiied tn Imir |m<i«(<i| n-t rlf!'. , ovpp lii-< liuilv. Tlio lorry wa« not trnveiling fiister tlinn 25 'milos n n lmitr 11 lid [Hilled up (|iiicklv .ifter the a.-ei-denf. It-i ll^rlut h itppniied to lir dim.

Witness considered that approximately nix seconds elapsed lietween the lime when he first snw the torch and the impact. He considered the driver of tlip lorry should have been able to perceive the light for approximately the *Rjne distance. '

TrnfhY was very heavy on the road at. the lime and the inspector appeared to be waving the light with the object of steadying it down. Witness himself was travelling at .'lO miles an hour when he first, saw the light, and slowed to about 25 miles an hour.

Merlirnt evidence was given by Dr. W. 8. Wallis to the effect that tlm whole left wide of the deceased's, chest was crushed, causing death.