CENTRAL OTAGO.
OPHIR NOTES.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) OPHIR, June 18.
MOTOR ACCIDENT INQUEST.
The adjourned inquiry in connection with the fatal motor collision at Poolburn Post Office on the evening of June 9 was held in the Ophir Courthouse last Friday, before Mr H. J. Dixon, S.M. Constable J. Wroblensky, stationed at Ophir, conducted the case tor the police, and Mr M. A. Bodkin, Alexandra, appeared for Mr Thomas Carruth, the owner of the motor truck, a converted Ford car. Mr Carruth made a very full and apparently frank statement, admitting that his truck was without a light, front or rear, and had no registered number. Lengthy evidence was given by Messrs L. Crawford (postmaster), Harold J. Young (carpenter), and James K. McIntosh (farmer), all of Poolburn.
Constable Wroblensky, who reached the spot within an hour of the accident, gave full evidence concerning the position of the truck and various measurements made by himself. He stated that the deceased had no marks except a bruise on his left cheek, which had evidently come in contact with the end of the ladder.
The coroner summed up the evidence, which showed that the deceased, John Robert Becker, was riding a motor cycle without a light; that a motor truck owned by Thomas Carruth was standing at the side of the road, also without a light, and carrying a ladder which projected from the rear somewhat into the roadway. There was ample room for the deceased to pass, but he struck the projecting ladder and was killed. He gave his verdict accordingly.
The interment of the body of young Becker took place on June 12 in the Moa Creek Cemetery, where there are several graves of the Becker family. The funeral procession consisted of 60 motor cars from all parts of Ida Valley. The Rev. J. B. Kirk, Oturehua, conducted the services at the house and grave. -Otago Daily Times, 21/6/1928.
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