RAILWAY CROSSING FATALITY
ENGINE STRIKES MOTOR.
CORONER WARNS MOTORISTS.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
PALMERSTON N., this day.
A verdict "that Louis Claude Mitchell, of Palmerston North, died from haemorrhage and laceration of the brain following a fractured skull, the outcome of a motor car being struck by a train at a level crossing near Hunterville," was returned by the coroner at an inquest held this morning.
The coroner commented on the ever present necessity for vigilance on the part of drivers of cars approaching all railway crossings, whether they were considered dangerous or otherwise. He added that many motirists had yet to learn how essential it was to slacken speed and make proper Observation before crossing. The driver of the train stated in evidence that he saw the car approaching the crossing at slow speed. The driver gave every indication of stopping, but continued on, and the car was struck by the train, although the brakes had been applied.
In depositions taken at the hospital, deceased stated that he didn't see the train, and couldn't understand how he failed to see it.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 228, 26 September 1928, Page 8
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