A MOTOR FATALITY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18228, 12 November 1924, Page 13

A MOTOR FATALITY.

♦: (rf.KSS ASSOCIATION TELEOHAMS.) WELLINGTON, November 10. Tho inquest was continued to-day on Frank Garland, who was killed in a motor accident at I?limmcrton. John Timothy Hynes, residing a Plimmerton, said that on October lltti Garland stayed afc liis "bach." Next j afternoon ho (witness) took a truck on ! a demonstration run, Garland driving, j On arrival at Paeluiiariki, the party of I four had a drink, and after a short m i terval had another one, "both as tr.o i publican's The return , journey , was then commenced. 'went smoothly for a tnpe but between ! Pahautanui and Plimmerton -tluj co Hided with a motor, and then ul • a bank. Speed varied Horn eight to ! thirty miles an hour. W lien uea 1 ; merton, at a bond m tho road the ; driver turned the car about oiie-tlur : round the corner, and then it right over the bank. It about twenty-five feet, turning twico aa it fell. AU were thrown Garland was so badly injured that he died shortly afterwards. return journey witness had in 1 ! session a whisky bottle partly ; none of the party drank any on tlie retUGiltertnTln'ney said that a in the "bach" at the week-end was a bottle or whisky. thGught tho accident was'tho result of the sun sinn in"- right in tlie drivers eyes as tho truck , was travelling do-.ynlii • rther explanation was that the drntr .s lentfolf was attracted elsewhere fend had only two drinks a karilri and seemed U> be absolutei„ . S °Joiin O'Connor said the speed on tho ' McVpaaing, estimated the speed at 4o miles an Coroner found that death was due to the truck falling over a h ,11 caused by the setting sun dazzling the I deceased's, eyes.