FATAL CARELESSNESS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18554, 29 April 1930, Page 9

FATAL CARELESSNESS.

PEDESTRIAN’S DEATH. MOTORIST EXONERATED. By Telegraph—Pres* Aagc.-NLa.tlon. WELLINGTON. April 28. “This accident shows the necessity which is always present, in these days of more and more motor traffic, for people, when getting off and walking around tram-cars, to take very great care to see if anything is approaching. This is a striking example of what will happen if they do not.” With these remarks the Coroner (Mi’ McNeil, S.M.) concluded an inquest this morning on James Gribben, the victim of a motor fatality at Miramar on April 15th. In giving his verdict, the Coroner said the evidence clearly showed that the fatality happened because deceased, when he came round the back of a tram-car, did not take the precaution of looking along the road to see if there was any approaching traffic. “The car did not run over him in any way. He simply walked into the car,” said Mr McNeil. “I am satisfied that the driver was going at a reasonable speed, which is shown by the fact that he could pull up the car within twenty or twenty-five feet, without any warning at all. There is nothing in the evidence to show that the driver of the car was in any way negligent ”