MOTOR FATALITIES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 12, 11 June 1926, Page 5

MOTOR FATALITIES

MOTOR-BUS ACCSDENT. ELDERLY MAN KILLED. i JJer Pj»ss, Association.. «*•».»> . AUCKLAND, June 10. While _ attempting to boa«l a city corporation motor-’bus in Mountain Road last ■evening, Richard Gutter! d go, an elderly man, fell into the track of the back wheel and received injuries which proved fatal within a few minutes. The ’bus was bound for the city, and had pulled up at the Owen’s Road ston, .at about -five minutes past six o’clock. Two ladies boarded the ’bus and told the driver to wait. The ’bus was kept standing.while Mrs. Guttering©, who resides at 8 Brightside Read, Epsom, had taken her seat. Thinking Mrs. Gutterridg© was the passenger for whom he had been requested to wait, and not thinking anybody els© was going t© board the ’bus, tli© driver saw that the step was clear and released tli© fctrakes. The ’bus had moved along one length when tb© driver pulled im in response to a shout. He descended and Mr. Gutteridge was found, lying near the back of the ’bus. The injured man was removed to the Mater Miscraecordiae Hospital, but succumbed to his Jinlmries and shock immediately. A onssengor in the ’bus stated t© tb.e Vrilver that after the vehicle commenced to move she saw deceased catcli hold of the hand rail near the step.

KILLED BY LORRY. wanganui; jun e 10. At the inquest 0 n the death of Francis William Mitchell, aged 66. poultryman, who was killed bv a motor track yesterday morning, Albert Victor Chambers, the driver of the track, said he .bent over to alter the mixture and when ho looked ut> the lorry was right on the top of Mitchell. The evidence showed that Chambers and Mitchell had been friends for many years, and that Mitchell generally rode into town witt Chambers. The theory of the accident was that Mitchell was waiting in the middle of the road in expectation of the usual lift. A verdict of accidental death was returned. NO NEGLIGENCE SHOWN. PAHIATDA. June 10. The adjourned inquest concerning the death of L. E. Wilton lasted all day, the coroner’s verdict being that death was dn© to h, collision between a motor-cycle and a motor-car, but that no culpable negligence had been shown. The cycle was ridden bv the deceased and the oar was driven by Arthur Hunt, a settler of Kohinui, and the collision ocoured, on a recent Saturday night on the Mangamutu Read. Wilton’s mother is a widow, who lost two sons at th© Great War.