A CHILD’S DEATH.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20707, 3 May 1929, Page 9

A CHILD’S DEATH.

MOTORIST IN TROUBLE. COMMITTED TO SUPREME COURT. x (Peb United Peess Association.} AUCKLAND, May 2, On a charge of negligently driving a motpr car on April 19, causing the death of Diana Victoria Menzies} aged three years, Francis Clarence Bereaford Power aged 18, was to-day committed to the Supreme . Court for trial., ■ ; Evidence was given that tie child was following her elder sister across a road when she was run over by a car which was stated to be travelling' at 25 to 40 miles an hour and which did hot stop after the accident. ■. v . r 1 Sir Graeme Lockhart, who was riding a motor bicycle some distance behind saio_ he recognised *he car'as belongin'* to Power, who was his cousin. He°set out m pursuit of it, but after stopping to inform some workmen of the accident he lost sight of the car. ; Mabel Frances Dudson;, a passenger I ?*if°TL e j ,s car ’ said - ®be' thought the child had got safely over. She could not say at what-speed they were going, but she knew it was not great as she got nervous in cars. The car was driven to.lowers home, and after he had put in some more benzine they drove back to Lucerne road, although they had.got no message regarding an accident. Seeing a crowd of people at Mr Menziea’s home they went in to see if. there had been any mishap. Results of a test of the car, carried out ou Lucerne road, were detailed by a constable, who said the hand brake on the car was useless. : Using the foot brake, the car, at'2o miles an hour, took 19 yards to pull up. The C ar ran 17* yards without skidding, and skidded the last two yards. The foot brake was in fair order, but was slow to act. A verdict that the cause of the 'child’s death was a fracture ;of the skull, caused by being knocked down and run over by a car driven by -Power, was returned at ,tfaa inquest, which was held ®|i®^ ane °usly with the, hearing of the