FATAL SPEEDING
MOTOR-CYCLIST’S END, MACHINE UNCONTROLLABLE. AUCKLAND, December .4. “1 would not like to say how many inquests*! have held on motor-cyclists who have been killed in smashes in the last ten years. Nine out of ten of motor-cycle accidents are caused by speed. In this case I cannot say that the driver of the car was negligent, and I return a verdict of accidental death,” said the Coroner, Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. at the inquest into the death of 'William Arthur Callow, aged eighteen, of Kohimarama, who received fatal injuries on October 23, when his motor-cycle collided with a car at the corner of Orakei and Benson Roads. ; The driver of the car said that the first he knew of the cycle was a roar and a bang when it hit the car. An eye-witness said that just as the car was turning into Benson Road he saw the motor-cycle appear over a rise about seventy yards away. The vehicle, he said, was travelling like a flash of lightning.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1931, Page 8
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171FATAL SPEEDING Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1931, Page 8
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