“Lost His Head”
MOTORIST’S NERVES DEATH OF A WOMAN UNFIT TO DRIVE CAR Press Association. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The inquest was held to-day regarding the death of Theresa Greener, aged 42, who was knocked down and killed by a motor-car driven by Robert Atwell Lewis at the intersection of Manners, Willis and Boulcott Streets, on Friday afternoon. At the conclusion Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., said, that the only one possible inference to be drawn was that Lewis, after knocking down the first two women completely lost his head. The evidence indicates that probably he accelerated the car slightly, at the same time turning sharply to the right. “Now I am bound to say,” continued Mr. Salmon, “that there are some people temperamentally unfit to drive a car. On the other hand, some persons are unfit to drive on account of physical disabilities. It appears in the case of Lewis that he is suffering from some nervous trouble due to war wounds, for which he is being treated. I propose to return an open verdict that deceased met her death about 2.55 p.m. on June 10 from injuries received through being knocked down and run over by a motor-car driven by Lewis. I leave it to the police to take such action as they think fit in the circumstances.’"
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 71, 15 June 1927, Page 13
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