MOTORING FATALITY.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 January 1920, Page 5

MOTORING FATALITY.

[ A MISHAP NEAR CARTERTON. Carterton, Jan. 4. The death occurred on Saturday afternoon of Mrs. Louise Hey, wife of Mr. J. H. Hey, motor engineer, of Carterton, a.s the result of injuries sustained in a motor accident, while returning from Mount Holdsworth. In company with some friends, Mr. and Mrs Hev had visited the mountain. Mia HeV and her little daughter were in a car* driven by Mr. Hey. The party occupied two cars, and every precaution was taken to avoid accident at the dangerous portions of the road. In order to avoid a gap in a culvert Mr. Hey swerved his car to the side of the road. The car ran against a bank, which it grazed for a distance of 2i yards till one of the wheels collapsed. Mrs Hey was unseated, but it is not known if the sudden impact was responsible, or whether she jumped out. When picked up she was unconscious and was brought into Carterton lor medical attention. It was" found she had been severely injured, her right eolJarhone being fractured and two ribs broken. She never regained consciousness. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at Carterton, before Mr. H. M. B. Trapp, J.P., acting-coroner' and a jury. A verdict was returned that the deceased was killed in a motor-car accident, lio blame being attached to the driver.