CAR THROUGH BRIDGE.
DEATH OF TWO MEN.
FATALITY NEAR MERCER. COMMENT BY CORONER. PUIvEKOHE, Wednesday. In my opinion the bend where this accident occurred is proving a dangerous one," said Mr C. K. Lawrle, J.P. coroner, at the inquest to-day concerning the deaths of Peter Iveay, aged 64, and his son, Norman William Keay, aged IG, who were drowned when their motor-car ran off a bridge on the Great South Road and into tho MangaI a whirl Stream, near Mercer, on May 30.
■' In this one-way bridge and its approaches tliere appears to be much room for improvement to give the travelling public a reasonable margin of safety,” tho coroner continued. “ The evidence show's that the driver took all reasonable precautions on coming on to the bridge," added Mr Lawrie, " but the bend in the road, together with the glaring sun, which temporarily blinded him, made it too difilcult for him to prevent the car smashing through the railings of tho bridge.” Mr Lawrie commended workers from a camp near tho scene of the accident, who so quickly entered the writer and rescued Frank Peter Keay, another son of Mr Keay, who was tho only occupant of the car to escape.
Death by Drowning
Evidence was given by Reece Nicholson .Marshall, a labourer from tho camp, liiat he had heard the crash from about' 7b yards away, lie said lie ran to the bridge and saw the wheel of the car above tho surface of the water. Jle and others rescued the man, who rose lo the surface, but they were unable to open the door of the upturned car until it. was dragged over on its side. They then extricated the two bodies. * Dr. 11. Stewart Douglas, of Pukekohe, said that when he arrived tie found that arllllclal respiration was being carried out in a thoroughly ellieient manner, lie continued for half an hour, but al no stage was there any sign of life. ,\ verdict that deceased were accidentally drowned in the .Mangalawliiri .-trram 111 rough their car going over the bridge was returned by the coroner,
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Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19607, 20 June 1935, Page 7
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348CAR THROUGH BRIDGE. Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19607, 20 June 1935, Page 7
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