BOY EXONERATED.
FATAL ACCIDENT. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 23. Li n statement made to the police before liis death in the Auckland Hospital, William Bracldick, aged 75, exonerated from blame the 12-year-old hoy cyclist with whom he collided in Karangahape Road on the afternoon of June 25. The statement, which was produced at the inquest into liis death, was: “I do not blame the cyclist, as I did not see him on the road.” The Coroner (Mr AV. R. McKean, S.M.) said it seemed to have been quite an accidental occurrence, caused by the hoy’s bicycle skidding on the tramrails; he had attempted to avoid deceased. The verdict was that death was due to a lung complication following an injury to the spine, caused by being accidentally knocked down by-a bicycle.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 200, 24 July 1936, Page 2
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