DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
BOARDING MOVING MOTORS. SCHOOLBOY'S DEATH. WARNING BY CORONER. [by TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] TIMARU, Sunday. A Claremont schoolboy, six years of age, while returning from school, attempted to board a moving motor-lorry,, with the result that he fell under one of the wheels. His left log was so badly injured that it had to be amputated. Four hours later the lad died from the shock sustained through the injuries received. At the inquest to-day a verdict of accidental death was returned. The coroner added a rider, calling the attention of parents and school teachers to the necessity of warning children against the extremely dangerous practice of boarding moving motor vehicles.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18730, 9 June 1924, Page 6
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