ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

Evening Star, Issue 24280, 22 August 1942, Page 4

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

DEATH OF MOTORIST. Thu adjourned inquest concerning the death of Louis William Walker, aged 42, which occurred as the result of a motor accident at Bushey on July 6, was concluded in the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston on Tuesday last, before Mr G. K. Graham (acting coroner) and a jury. John D. Wroblenski, a railway road service bus driver, stated that when passing along the flat at Bushey he observed an overturned car, and on examination saw the body of a man inside. Owing to the damaged state of the car, the doors could not be opened. Evidence that Walker had called at his residence after midnight on July 5 and had stated that he was tired and sleepy was given by William John Pile, of Moeraki. Dr Thomas, of Palmerston, stated that the doors of the car had to be forced open. In his opinion, death _ was due to a broken neck. An examination of marks on the roadway was made by Con-, stable Kelly (Palmerston), who said the car had commenced to leave the bitumen road 209 ft from where it was found. It had apparently struck a bank and capsized. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned by the jury.