Dead cyclist had no light

Press, 26 August 1978, Page 4

Dead cyclist had no light

Two Christchurch cyclists t died in collisions after fail- l ing to take proper pre- I cautions, the Christchurch ICoroner’s Court was told J yesterday. The Coroner (Mr N. G. I 1 Hattaway) found that Cheryl i Bayly, aged 15, and Nancye i (Dora Graham, aged 77, both'; died from injuries after col-: 1 I lisions involving moving ve- 1 hides. < Constable M. C. Mcßaeil isaid that a car driven by I t Peter Clinton Banks collided 5 with Cheryl Bayly on the t evening of May 10 on a < very dark section of Water- 1 100 Road. Both were trav- I elling in the same direction. Cheryl Bayly was wearing I (dark clothing and the cycle i had no lights or’reflector. j Mr Banks said that his car ■j was travelling at 40 m.p.h. to 45 m.p.h. 1 j The Coroner found that,;

the girl died at the scene of the accident from severe head injuries. Nancye Dora Graham made a sudden right-hand turn into the side of a truck being driven in the same direction by David Charles Raymond Morrall on the afternoon of May 10, said Constable L. O. Miller. Mr Morrall had no chance of avoiding her. The Coroner found that the woman died of multiple injuries. Robin Neil Kingsford, aged 23, died from intracerebral haemorrh.-ige after he hit his head on a wooden beam on May 18. A carpenter, Stephen Jeffrey Paul, said that he and Mr’ Kingsford had been pulling clumps of flax from under timber decking. A clump came out suddenly, and Mr Kingsford hit his

’ head on a joist. He later : complained of “funny eyes.” The next day his vision i was worse and the day r after 1 that he went home. : The man’s father, Neil: ■ Walter Kingsford, said that ; the day after his son came ; home from work he vomited 1 and collapsed with con- ■ vulsions. He was taken to f hospital but did not respond • to an operation. 1 A pathologist. Dr P. R. Kelleher, said that the acci-i ,[dent was an unusual cause -jof intra-cerebral haemorrr hage. i Ksienia Kortt, aged 74. died on September 24, 1977, - after the car in which she 1 was a passenger went out of • control in a patch of mud ,'on the side of a Christchurch road and hit a pole. ’ The vehicle was not speed- ■ ing, said Constable T. R. ; Kaa. 1

Cyril Fox, aged 52, died from multiple injuries sufi fered when his motor-cycle • hit a stationary car on May 31. ! Constable P. R. Kench said that Mr Fox was accelf erating and had failed to see I that the way was not clear. He did not have an adequate > helmet. A blood test showed I 116 mg of alcohol to 100 ml. Leo Earl Taylor, aged 62, died of multiple injuries when his car collided near ' the centre-line of a “reasonably narrow” road with an I oncoming car driven by Ar- . nold John Eder. The accident . occurred .on Woodstock ■ Road, Oxford, on the night ’ of April 15. I Constable A. Windleburn ’ said there were no signs of ' evasive action and no evi- . dence that either driver had *been affected by liquor.