CROSSING DANGER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 November 1930, Page 4

CROSSING DANGER

EXTREME CARE NECESSARY * CORONER’S COMMENTS AT .INQUEST (By Telegraph—Press Association) PALMERSTON N., This Day. At an inquest concerning the death of Samuel Bambery, a lorry driver who was killed at a railway crossing near Bainesse last Thursday, Mrs Leacn, who witnessed the accident, stated that the lorry driver did not seem aware that the train was so close when he drove over the crossing. She knew that deceased was blind in the left eye. The driver of the engine, T. Yardley, stated that the driver of the lorry gave no indication that lie was about to cross the line. As soon as witness saw the lorry making for the crossing he applied In's brakes and brought the train to a shop within 200 yards. The coroner returned a verdict that deceased met his death in a collision between the motor lorry he was driving and a train, adding that the accident could only be attributed to failure of deceased to take proper precautions when approaching the crossing. The problem was a difficult one. stated the coroner, the liunan element being the deciding factor between safety and danger. “The latest accident goes to show how ex> treme care should bo taken by anyone approaching crossing's.”