ONGARUE FATALITY
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST ACCIDENTAL DEATH" VERDICT [KV TKLKGKAPII —OW.V CO U RESPOND KM] TAU M ARUXUI, Tuesday At an inquest before the district coroner, Air. W. Thomas, into the death of Mrs. Lydia Robson, a board-inghouse-keeper, of Frankton Junction, who was killed in a motor accident on the main highway near Ongarue on Sunday, a verdict of accidental death was returned, no blaine being attachable to the driver, Mrs. It. E. Gick. Medical evidence showed that deceased's injuries were consistent with her being struck 011 the head by a heavy box.
The driver of the car in evidence stated that deceased either became faint or awakened from a brief sleep and snatched at the steering wheel, causing her to lose control. Deceased had had very little sleep the previous night.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23272, 15 February 1939, Page 16
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