LORRY'S FATAL PLUNGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 407, 16 July 1928, Page 1

LORRY'S FATAL PLUNGE

Maori Woman Killed DRIVER OF VEHICLE ARRESTED (From Our Own CorrcspondentJ TE AROHA, To-day. A MOTOR-LORRY containing' eight Maoris ran over a steep bank at Waihou on Saturday evening. Mrs. Heria Turawahio, aged 19 years, was killed. The others escaped injury. The driver was subsequently arrested on a charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a motor-vehicle.

The motor-lorry driven by John Walker, and containing Mrs. Turawahio and seven other Maoris was returning to Waharoa from Waihou. Shortly after leaving the latter township it suddenly ran off the road and plunged down a steep bank 30ft to a swamp below. Mrs. Turawahio was killed, and the others escaped injury, although one Maori girl was pinned down by the head until assistance arrived. The

j rushes in the swamp eased the weight | <»f the vehicle or her plight might have * been worse. John Walker, driver of the lorry, was I detained by the police, and to-day was ! charged at the Police Court with drivI ing a motor vehicle while intoxicated, i He was remanded until to-morrow, bail ! being allowed. j An inquest was opened to-day con- , cerning the death of Mrs. Turawahio. and after formal evidence of identificul tion had been given was adjourned.