CROSSING FATALITY

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1930, Page 5

CROSSING FATALITY

INQUEST yj3Rt>iCT. (By Telegraph—Pr*M Aaeooiatlon)| PALMERSTON N., Nov. si At the inqueut concerning the death of Samuel Bamlbery, a lorry driver, who was kil&d in a railway crossing near. Bainesse . last.'.. Thursday* Airs Loach, who witnessed the accident, stated the lorry driver did not seisin to '.be aware that. the;., train' was.Tio close when he drove over the crossihk. She knew the deceased was blind in the left eye, .; -. : V >•■£ The driver of. the engine, T. Yardley, btaied the driver of the lorry gave no indication that- he was about to crosl the line. As soon as witness saw the lorry was making • for the crossing, he applied the brake and brought train to a stop within • 200 yards. The Coroner returned a verdict' that deceased met his death in a collision between la. motor lorry he was driving and a train; adding that the accident could only l>e attributed to a failure of the deceased to take proper precautions, when approaching a crossing. The problem was, a difficult one, stated the Coroner, the human element being the deciding factor between safety and danger. The latest accident goes to show how extreme care should be taken by anyone approaching qrossings v