Death of Tractor Driver
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 21. A finding that Mr. Leslie Simmonds, aged 40, a mechanic, died in the Wellington Hospital on December 15 as a result of multiple internal injuries due to being crushed by the front wheel of a tractor, was given by the coroner. Mr. Smslie, at the inquest to-day. Medical evidence included a statement that an analysis showed that deceased had consumed a considerable quantity of liquor. This might have affected deceased to the point of losing his balance. A foreman at a main highways depot on the Hutt Road said that when the tractor was stopped deceased, who drove it, was lying between the front wheel and the framework of its broom, clutching a full, unopened bottle of beer in the crook of his left arm.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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135Death of Tractor Driver Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 5
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