RAILWAY CROSSING TRAGEDY
HAMILTON, March 1
What Mr Justice Blair described as an errand of mercy was being performed by Andrew Ernest Randrup, a farmer at Hinuera, when his car crashed into a train at the Matamata crossing one Sunday last August, causing the death of Mrs Tui Rawhiri. The woman’s baby was sick, and Randrup drove tbe mother and child to Matamata to consult a doctor. He was returning home with them when the accident occurred. Both Randrup and the child were injured. Randrup was charged to-day in the Supreme Court with negligent driving, causing death. The evidence showed that the train was a “ special ” goiiig to Rotorua, ’ and, unlike almost all trains, it did not stop at the Matamata Station before reaching the crossing where the accident happened. When the case came up last session the grand jury disagreed. To-day Randrup, giving evidence on his own behalf, said that, as he approached the crossing, he looked twice towards the station, and saw no train. He assumed there was no danger from that side. Owing to having a sick child in the car, and the road being rough, he was travelling very carefully. After a retirement of two hours the
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Otago Witness, Issue 3912, 5 March 1929, Page 23
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