MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
BUS DRIVES COMMITTED FOB TEIAL.
(By Telegraph. —P'eas Association.)
AUCKLAND, 6th September.
Arising out of an accident on Manukau road on the evening of 16th August, when a cyclist, Alan Basil Banks (aged seventeen) received fatal injuries through being involved in a collision with a motor-bus, the driver of the bus, Harold Bruce Hall, pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court to-day. The deceased, with three companions, was riding homo from town when the accident occurred. In a written statement read by Constable G. Smith, the accused said that visibility waa rendered bad by the wind screen being blurred. Suddenly he saw three cyclists ahead, none, having tail lights or reflectors. It was too late to swerve and he jammed on the brakes. The bus skidded on the wet road and he came to rest within about 12 feet. The accused was committed to the/ Supreme Court for trial. Bail was fixed at £100, with a surety for a similar amount. The Coroner found that the deceased was killed through being knocked from his cycle by the bus driven by Hill. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 59, 7 September 1926, Page 6
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194MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 59, 7 September 1926, Page 6
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