MOTORING VICTIMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 June 1930, Page 5

MOTORING VICTIMS

CAR & CYCLE COLLIDE RIDER KILLED .OUTRIGHT; [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HAMILTON, June 14. One was killed outright and another lies in a serious condition in the hospital as the result of a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle at Horotiu this afternoon. A motor cycle and side car were travelling towards Hamilton when they collided with a. car driven by A. H. Baldwin, a miner, of Iluntly. John Langford ■ Garvey, aged 26 years, a salesman, of Frankton, was killed outright, and the companion on the cycle, George Kasoof aged 25 years, of Huntly, was admitted to the hospital with concussion. It is not known who was riding the cycle and who was inside the car. Mrs Ann Stewart, a passenger in the car, is suffering from shock and slight concussion. The deceased, Garvey was married with one child.

FATAL COLLISION.

NEW PLYMOUTH, June 15.

An inquiry into the death of Norman Coburn, who died as a result of a motor smash on the night of May 24, concluded yesterday. Evidence was given that the garage had been overcrowded with cars, one of which was taken out and parked on the correct side of the street, without lights, but in a lighted area. It was into this car that Coburn’s car crashed. The Coroner’s verdict was that. Coburn died as the result of a collision.

CRUSHED TO DEATH.

DUNEDIN, June 15.

On Friday night a lorry driven by Frederick James Craik, while proceeding downhill on the Mornington Road, got out of control owing to the brakes failing. The driver put the lorry into slow gear, but this failed to check the speed of the vehicle, and Craik, who was accompanied by his brother, Gordon Albert Craik, decided to run into a bank. The lorry, on striking the bank capsized, and Gordon Craik, fell beneath the side of the vehicle, he being crushed to death. The deceased, who was 12 years of age, resided with his parents at 25 Nicholson Street, South Dunedin.

An inquest was opened on Saturday, and after evidence of identification had been taken it was adjourned.

BURST TYRE CAUSES FIRE.

DUNEDIN, June 15.

Through the bursting of the front tyre, a car, being driven by Harry Burns along the Lower Portobello Road on Saturday afternoon, ran over the bank and caught fire. A passenger was thrown clear and escaped With slight, bruises, but Burns was severely burned about the legs, and he received numerous bruises.

’BUS AND TRAIN COLLIDE.

HAMILTON, June 16.

A narrow escape was experienced by tho occupants of a ’bus travelling between Hamilton and Te Arhao on Saturday night, when about 7 p.m. the bus crashed into a train from Cambridge at Newstead. The driver applied the brake instantly, with the result that the ’bus slewed round into a ditch without capsizing. D. Wright, a Hamilton passenger, was slightly injured in a shoulder, aud one woman suffered shock. Tho damage was confined to a wrecked radiator and a smashed windscreen.

CORONER’S CENSURE.

HAMILTON, June

At the inquest on Thomas Barton Shaw, a young farmer, of Tauwhare, who was killed in a collision between two cars at Newstead on May 8, one of which was driven by his cousin. Hector John Shaw, the Coroner found that deceased met his death through head injuries as the result of a collision; further, that Hector Shaw drove the car in a manner dangerous to the public.

HOMELAND STATISTICS.

LONDON, June 15.

Some idea of police activity against motorists in England is revealed by the fact that motorists paid over £200,000 in fines last year. Over 250,000 were summoned, and in addition 69,000’ were cautioned. Among the offences were tho following: Manslaughter 74; drunkenness 1730; reckless driving 27,000. More than 23,000 were summoned for exceeding the speed limit.