FATAL CRASH IN GORGE
EVIDENCE AT INQUEST MAN AND WIFE KILLED Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. At the inquest concerning the deaths 'f Air. and Mrs. Cook, who were killed in a collision between cars in the A'gahauranga Gorge on April 13, evidence was given by Arthur Coffin, a storeman, that he and three others were driving up the Gorge at about 15 miles an hour. A car driven by A. E. Storey passed him from behind at 20 miles an hour, and at the same time he saw the Cooks’ car approaching round the bend on its left-hand side. The two cars crashed, they and his being abreast at the time. The Cooks’ car crossed the road and fell into the creek. Storey was on his wrong side. He was surprised to see the car go over the bank because he. thought all -hat should have happened was a • rumpled mudguard. It appeared that a glancing blow was struck. Another witness said he could not see any explanation of the tragedy in the actual impact. Prompt braking •would have avoided it. The hearing was adjourned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 959, 30 April 1930, Page 16
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185FATAL CRASH IN GORGE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 959, 30 April 1930, Page 16
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