UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT
(By Telegraph.—Press! Association.) WHAKATANE, This Day. An inquiry into the death of a Maori girl, Hine Ikoia Tukotohiwi, aged five years, who died of injuries received through being run over by a motor-car driven by-John Rutherford at Paroa on 25th August, was concluded last night before the 'Coroner, Mr. G. Brabant, and a jury of four. The evidence showed that the car was travelling at 1- to 15 miles an hour. The child left, her companions and ran across the road in front of the ear. The jury returned' a verdict of accidental death, and that from the evidence no blamo was at. tachable to Rutherford, and the accident could not have been avoided by him.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 55, 2 September 1926, Page 10
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118UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 55, 2 September 1926, Page 10
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