OLD MAN’S DEATH

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19909, 11 June 1936, Page 8

OLD MAN’S DEATH

KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR. "HIT AND RUN" MOTORII‘I'. THE CORONER'S FINDING. ‘ \\‘itnesses testified to the fact that ldereased had been knocked down by .a motor—car driven by some person snot .\et identified at an inquest hell i this morning into the death of \\'llhatn Edward Morgan. an inmate of the UM lMen's Home, Who was knocked doun by a car on the evening of April iii and died on April 19. Dr. A. L. Wilson. at the medical stat! of the \\'aikato Hospital, stated that he examined the deceased when he was brought into the hospital. He was suflering from mild concussion. a small wound in the left temple r 8510" and bruises and abrasions on the left ileg. Ills condition was not serious. Witness had known deceased for some time and stated that he had suffered irom internal trouble for three or four years. in the iew days after his admission after the accident a recurrence of the internal trouble developed and Mo?gan‘s rondltion gradually became {worse and he died on April 19. Death lwas clue to heart failure. accelerated by the accident and his internal {trouble The wound on his head and Ellie concussion were quite consistent with his having been struck by a motor-car. \\'ituess added that from lthe time of the accident until his ldeath, Morgan was unable to give an *0 taccount or the accident. i Mrs Eisic lx’url. ot' Palerangi. stated that on the night of the accident she was in a car driven by her husband and they ran out of petrol near the Hospital ilill (ll about 7.30 p.m. “’itlness an.l two other passengers in the 'car walked to the telephone booth at ithe loot or the hospital hill to ring , . for a taxi. A taxi arrived at the booth 'with two lady passengers. The driver ’told witness and the others that he Kwould take his passengers to their | destination and then return for witness :and the others. . l louder-ted Afar Accident. ’ About this time witness saw an old |man standing at the intersection of |ohaupo Road and the street which lleads to the Bailey Ward. After the itaxl drove past the old man. he oom--Imenced to cross the road. He was lstrucli by a touring car which was [travelling at a fast speed in the direcltion of Hamilton. The old man was {hit by the front of the car. The driver ot the car applied his brakes lbut. immediatei)~ accelerated again and lspeedea up the hill. : corroborative evidence was given by ers Elizabeth Kari. of Paterangi, and in»: .\iaude Graham. of Paterangi, who iwere passengers in the car with the {previous witness. Both stated that the car which struck the old man “as of a blue-grey colour and both made unsuccesslul attempts‘ to take the number of the car as it. speeded away from the scene. John Frederick Karl. farmer, ot Paterangi, did not see the old man :knocked down but heard the crash. :The car had passed him prior to the laccident, and he thought that it was on the correct side 0! the road. A plan of the scene of the accident was produced by Constable P. \\‘attA :who was on the scene shortly after ithe accident. He stated that enquir h I has had been made in numerous places to locate the driver or the car but up to the present time it was not known who the driver was. i The Coroner'- Finding. The coroner. Mr S. L. Paterson. 8.31., returned a verdict that deceased met his death through heart {allure {accelerated by his internal trouble and [by injuries received when struck by ' a car driven by some person unknown.