MOTOR FATALITY
INQUEST ON THE VICTIM. FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, Thursday - At an inquest on Sydney Harold Patton, the coroner, Mr G. Cruickshank, said: “It seems to me that the statement by Day, the driver, that he fell asleep at the wheel, is only a probable explanation of the accident. It all happened in a flash. I don’t think Day can be held blameworthy, but so as not to tie the hands of the police, I return an open verdict that deceased was killed through being thrown through the windshield of a car driven by Day, when it struck a power pole.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17606, 10 January 1929, Page 8
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