FATAL MOTOR COLLISION
. NEGLIGENCE CHARGE FOLLOWS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Nov. 2. John James O’Hanlon pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court to having negligently driven a motor car on September 18, thereby causing the death of Bernard Louisart, a passenger in his ear. The inquest was held simultaneously. The accused, in a statement, said that he was travelling at about 20 miles an hour on his right side of the road when his car struck a bus. The latter was stationary and the tail light was on the left-hand corner at the back. Accused reserved his defence and was committed for trial. The coroner returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, that death was due to meningitis, following upon injuries received. Though he considered the tail light not in the right place, he did not think that led to any confusion. As the coroner he must find that the car in which the deceased man was a passenger had been negligently driven.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1926, Page 15
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