MOTORING MISHAPS

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 March 1929, Page 9

MOTORING MISHAPS

A CHILD’S DEATH.

(Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, March 23.

An inquest was held by Coroner Barton, S.M., into the death of a child, Joyce Mary Cowell, who was killed as the result of being knocked down by a motor-car in Jackson Street, Petone, on Wednesday afternoon last. In bringing in a verdict of accidental death, the Coroner said that he had come to the same conclusion as the witnesses, namely that no blame was attachable to the driver of the car. The evidence negatived any element of undue speed, for the car had just started. The driver had kept a proper look-out, and had pulled up sharply. It appeared that his attention had been attracted by another child in the narrow street while at the same time a vehicle was passing. In the circumstances, the Coroner thought there could be no blame attachable to anyone. CYCLIST KILLED. AUCKLAND, March 24. A motoring fatality occurred in the City yesterday, the victim being William Young, married, aged ,54. He was riding a motor cycle when he became involved in a collision with a motor car ■at a corner. Young suffered severe head injuries, and was rendered unconscious, and died soon after being taken to the hospital.

ANOTHER COLLISION.

ASHBURTON, March 21.

E. T. Lutton, a young man, of 250 Bealey Avenue, Christchurch, is dangerously ill in the hospital, as the result of a collision between his motor cycle and a motor car yesterday evening. The injuries consist of a fractured skull, concussion, broken wrist and abrasions. The driver of the motor, James Smith, a stock auctioneer, is suffering from an injured leg and shock.

BROTHER’S FATAL INJURIES.

PALMERSTON NORTH, March 25.

Gerald Wallburton, seven, living at Union Street, Foxton, died on the way to Palmerston Hospital yesterday, from head injuries, sustained when accidentally knocked down by a motor .cycle, ridden by his brother. CROSSING COLLISION. PALMERSTON N., March 23. The Napiei - express, shortly after midday, collided at Monrad Street crossing with a car driven by William Richard, a resident of Monrad Street, who was taken to the hospital with severe injuries. Another occupant of ;the car, William Jones, was slightly injured.

CRASH INTO BANK.

TAUMARUNUI March 25.

George Gould, eighteen, yesterday afternoon while driving a motor cycle, endeavoured to avoid two boys on bicycles, with the result that he swerved and crashed into a bank, sustaining concussion. He was removed to the hospital. His condition improved this morning, he having regained consciousness. MOTORISTS DROWNED BRISBANE, March 25. Thosam Riddel, thirty-six, and Miss Margaret Robertson, twenty-eight, lost their lives at Maryborough, when the car overturned in a creek. The pair who were in the back seat, managed to scramble to the bank.