WOMAN KILLED BY BUS.
, > -v DANGEROUS DRIVING OAS El . DISMISSAL BY THE COURT/ The verdict of Mr. W. R-. MeKoan, 13. M., coroner, thik the death of Mrs. Florence .Alice Matrices, through being knocked down by a bus in Great North 1 Boad on September 7, was duo-to negligent driving by Lionel Arthur McAskeM, (Mr, Sullivan), was not upheld in the Police Court yesterday, when a charge of dangerous driving was 'dismissed by Mr. E. G. Cutten, S.M. The events leading Dip' to the aceidorifc were related by Kptirsum Brown, tram- . way motorman, who wan driving a tramcar in Great North Eoad, approaching the Ariki Street stop. A council bus from Point Chevalier* .was drawn up there, and just as-he lieared''.the stop, a Progressive bus dashed! pant, It; had-, to, swerve to the right to avoid the council bus, and the driver had crossed to the outgoing set of rails before he pulled urnThen witness saw a woman lying on the ground, the bus having passed over her. lie did not see- the woman before the accident, and thought jslib must have ■ come from in front of the council bus, Norman Nelson Giles, a passenger «n the council bus, and Boy William Stanley Smith, telegraph messenger, who was standing on the side of Great North Road opposite Ariki Street, gave corroborative evidence. Both witnesses 1 said the woman hesitated when she saw tibo Progressive bus,' and then stepped forward. Although' the driver-swerved fie - could not avoid bet. It was her hesitation (that was responsible for the accident. Thei magistrate dismissed the ease without hearing the evidence /or the defence, stating there was no reason for a con-" • vietiou. The deceased had hesitated, and had" acted unwisely .in doing so. There was no evidence to show that McAskdl 1 had driven the feus at an excessive speed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19512, 16 December 1926, Page 17
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