WHOM TO BLAME?

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 257, 26 July 1930, Page 13

WHOM TO BLAME?

Death Follows Accident

WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN

Inability to fix the blame was confessed by the coroner, Mr. T. B. McNeil, at an inquest yesterday into the death of Emily Rennie Hay, aged 50, in hospital on June 6 after being injured in a street accident the same day. Mr. Hain represented the relatives of deceased. - , , ~ Elizabeth Kerr Hay, sister of deceased, said that she and her sister were crossing Willis Street from Boulcott Street on the afternoon of June 6. Witness, who was walking a little ahead of her sister, turned around and saw a motor-car strike Evidence was given by Dr. I. Logan that Miss Hay was admitted to hospital suffering from head injuries. In ms opinion death was caused by a fracture to the skull, due to a _ heavy fall,, H was unlikely that a simple fall would cause such injuries as deceased sustained. Leonie Craythorne, driver of the car concerned, said she was driving very slowly at the time because there . wei e people on the road. She did not see Miss Hay and was only told by one ot her passengers: “You have knocked a la< Fred V eri’’ck Cowper Smith, one of the nassencers in the car, said the vehicle was travelling at about 12 miles an hour. Miss Hay seemed to walk into the car as it was passing her. Corroborative evidence was given by Italia Rubina, another passenger tn the Henry Mitchell, who was walking on the footpath at the time,said the car was travelling at 2o or 30 miles an The U coroner said he was unable to say whether it was the driver of the car orthe deceased who had not kept a proper look-out. He returned a verdict that deceased died .from a fractured ekull »s a result of being knocked down by a car driven by Leonie Craythorne.