EXCESSIVE SPEED.

Grey River Argus, 3 July 1928, Page 5

EXCESSIVE SPEED.

Motor Cyclist’s Death. CORONER’S COMMENT. CHRISTCHURCH, July 2. “This is anothei case—they are all too freqdent—of the fcicesfiive speed leading to an accident. This young man’s death was entirely due to the speed at which he was travelling, and to his vision being affected by the sun.” The foregoing comment was made by the Coroner at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of George Jonathan Pine, a young motor cyclist, who died after he had collided with a mator lorry on the Riccarton Road on Juno 25. After the collision the motor cycle petrol tank fired ami Pine suffered terrible injuries from burns; also a fractured skull and other severe hurts. Mr Mosley added that Pine must have been travelling at forty miles an hour at least.