STRUCK BY CARS
PEDESTRIANS' DEATHS
Verdicts of accidental death *** returned bv the coroner. Mr.£•*: Hunt. S.M~. at inquests y«*2Se into the deaths of two elderiyPJES who died as a result of teingkn«*?g down by motor car?people are unable to appreciate u** 1 danger,'' commented Mr. Hunt .. Mrs. Margaret Wright H*"* widow. aped 72. died after 005 knocked down bv a motor e *t ttf Manukau Road at 6.50 pjn. WlSj 27 after narrowlv knocked down by a tram. 2J«Sb was on its correct side of "*J2» and was not travelling at an o*"* sive speed. _ -»* Struck by a car in Point Road at 8.30 p.m. on June ag Peter Stewart Clanachan, l"H aged 70, died in the Aucklanan'S pital two days later. The orOZZ the car said he swerved to the ijj" and applied the brakes when be»» saw deceased, who was then jWJJ? 14 feet awav. However, Mr. CJ»* chan was struck bv the rearjwjtr car as it swung round. A Elsie Amelia Comrie. said she «g out to deceased who was **™2"5 straight toward the car on the way. but he annarenllv did not »*
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 172, 23 July 1941, Page 8
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