PRICE OF RECKLESSNESS
KILLED WHILE SPEEDING EVIDENCE AT INQUES'I' Press Association WAIMATE, Wednesday. An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Richard Louis Leigh» ton Rodgers, who was fatally injured in a. motor-car accident last evening. The coroner. Mr. George Dash‘ returned a. verdict “that deceased was accidentally killed near a. sharp but visible corner or the main highway, north of Waimate. at about 5 p.m., through the violent overturning of a. motor-car, driven by himself at a. reckless speed, within half-an-hour of having three drinks of whisky." The coroner added a. rider commending ,passing motorists and Sister Gauge, 0! the Waimate Hospital, who did what was possible for the dying man.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 464, 20 September 1928, Page 18
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113PRICE OF RECKLESSNESS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 464, 20 September 1928, Page 18
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