DEATH ON DUTY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23692, 27 December 1938, Page 12

DEATH ON DUTY

TRAFFIC INSPECTOR KILLED STRUCK BY LORRY (Per United Press Association) ROTORUA, Dec. 26. Fatal injuries were received by Thomas Arthur Allcock, aged 25, a married man, and a Main Highways inspector in the Rotorua district, when, at about 8.30 on Saturday evening, he was struck by a motor truck while he was on duty on the Rotorua-Cambridge highway about two miles from Rotorua. Allcock had been patrolling the highway since about 7 and, immediately prior to the accident, had apparently stopped his car at the side of the road to stop another car which was approaching from

the opposite direction. As he stepped to the centre of the road he was struck by a truck approaching from behind which was driven by Frederick William McLean, a labourer, aged 56, of Oropi, in the Tauranga district. Allcock was picked UP on the road in a seriously injured condition. A doctor, the police and an ambulance were immediately called, but before the ambulance reached the hospital Allcock -was dead. Allcock had been stationed in Rotorua as a Main Highways insoector for a little less than two years and was considered a very conscientious, capable , and tactful officer. He was held in the greatest esteem throughout the district. The interment will take at Wellington to-morrow.