INTERNAL INJURIES.
DEATH OF WORKMAN.
FINDINGS BY CORONER
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, this day. A finding that Leslie Simmons (40) a mechanic, died at the Wellington Hospital on December 15 as a result of multiple internal injuries due to being crushed by the front wheel of a tractor was given by the coroner, Mr. Emslie at an inquest to-day. ' Medical evidence included a statement that an analysis showed that deceased ? consumed a considerable quantity of liquor. This might have affected deceased to the point of losing his balance.
foreman at the Main Highwavß Depot on the Hutt Road said that when the tractor was stopped deceased, who drove it, was lying between the front wheel and the framework of its broom, clutching a full, unopened bottle of beer m the crook of his left arm. Other evidence included that of those present when deceased fell from the controls
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 8
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