FATAL MOTOR AND TRAMCAR COLLISION.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14706, 5 June 1920, Page 1

FATAL MOTOR AND TRAMCAR COLLISION.

(Per Press Association.)

OHRISTCH(JRC'JI : June 4. The inquest was'continued to-day before E. McCarthy, Coroner, concerning.' the death of William 'Arthur Griffin, who was killed, on the night of May 22nd, as,the result of a collision between, the motor car lie was riding in and a tramcar. . After hearing the evidence," tile . Coroner- recorded a verdict that the ihotornian Smith was sober, and. the tramcar'at ; i lie time of the accident was travelling at a speed of about five miles per hour. , The motor car w r as being! driven .after dark at a fast now to estimate : the approxiniato rate of •speed. ;;..lhe owdence.did: not disclose any. neglfeenfcG'-oh'.'i-bo. part of the 1110tormaridriving by. Robert Bruce Foi'sytli -'was in three particula , Forsvth was under the influence ::o£: houoiv (b) The motor car was being, driven a® a - fast pace after dark.- : I^o ; rs-yth -either failed or was un able.' to ;lice)b : H ; ' proper" look-out. Such negligent .driving ~wa&. the "sole cause cf the deSthj--<sf- deceased.''