KILLED ON LINE

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 September 1927, Page 7

KILLED ON LINE

EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 9. The inquest on the death of Frederick W. Woolley, railway bridge inspector, who died at the Christchurch Hospital on the night of September 5, from injuries sustained in a collision between an electric battery railway car and a motor trolley, was continued before Mr Young S.M., to-day. Edward James Bradley said that on September 5, he was driving an electric battery car from Little River tvhen, suddenly a dark object appeared before him. Ho applied the brakes. A motor trolley was being removed from the line, but witness was unable to stop in time to avoid a collision. The trolley was nearly clear of the line, and Woolley was well clear of the line. Witness backed the car and lifted the injured man on board. He first saw the trolley about 75 yards away, and he stopped the car in about 100 yards. The car had been travelling about 35 miles an hour. The indications were that the car struck the trollev and the trolley struck Woolley, causing his injuries. The car could not have been stopped any sooner. The inquest was adjourned to enable exact evidence to be prqcured as to the braking powers and lighting radius of the car.