KILLED BY MOTOR-LORRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18630, 11 February 1924, Page 8

KILLED BY MOTOR-LORRY.

FATALITY AT MANQERE. ACCIDENTAL OCCURRENCE. An inquest concerning the death of the little child, Thelma Mary Porterfield, who was killed at Mangere on Friday afternoon, was conducted by the coroner, Mr. D. A. Sutherland, on Saturday morning. Alexander Robinson Mclntyre, employed by the Manukau County Council, stated that he was driving a motor-lorry along Walmsley Road in the direction of Robertson Road. After crossing the Black Bridge, he saw the deceased and her sister, standing on the side of the road. He waved to them to keep away from the lorry. an<r to go to the top of the rise. While travelling slowly on second gear, the children caught up to him, and the elder one got into tho cab. She then got hold of her sister's hand to help her up, but while he was looking ahead to see if all was clear, the younger child disappeared- He stopped at once, and found deceased just behind the back wheel, but he did not feel any bump. The child was dead, being badly crushed. He had given the children a ride on previous occasions when returning from school. The elder child, Esther Lillian Porterfield, said her sister fell as she was helping deceased to the step of the lorry. The coroner returned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally killod by being run over by a motor-lorry when attempting to enter it while in motion.