DANGEROUS BEND

Evening Post, Issue 20, 24 January 1935, Page 4

DANGEROUS BEND

CORONER'S COMMENT

I YOUNG WOMAN'S DEATH

(Special to the'?Everilnu\P«st")

PALMERSTON N.,Tbls Day;

■ Comment on the dangerpus-natni-e of ; a particular bend' in' the. niain road one-mile ripr.th of.Levin, was. made by the Coroner,. Mr. A. J. Giiaham, when returning ■ a verdict yesterday in. his • in-qfliry-.'info the death of ;'&'■ pillion rider; Miss/Martha McFarJane, aged. 22, ot Christehurcb, .who lost her life On January 4 in a collision with a car.'. •;■. •■:

"I sincerely, 'hope- that' -the ' local authority will- prosecute to the. utmost its'efforts-to..h&vfi', this dangerous ;bend improved,!.' s.aid' Mr. Graham. ; ;.{'The collision appears to/hfive been purely a'ri accidental one, there being'np'b.reach. of the rule :of •the ro^d, excessive speed, nor carelessness. The driver .of' the. motor-cycle; was. a stranger, to ;the. road and ; was unaware ■, of its dange.rons naiur-e' at, the point o£ eollisiph. • Prb.babiy the accident occurred through the . cyclist thinking, ihat'^he approaching ear "was cqmjng straight .at him,- and he applied'the brakes suddenly in. an effort .to avoid, an'impact. Unfortunate-' ly tha machine; skidded' and landed its rid^r' and passenger -in -the. opposite direction:to which:it was going.?* ': . The Coroner, also decided to: draw, the attention of the Automobile Association to tii© dangflroVus nature of the ~-road, particularly a* it applies':tp those travell ■ling south. .','..■• , •-., '.\:-.':'/. '.'.■ ■'■■.-■'.'