HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-01-18, Page 17WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1$th, 1N7
;oroners
Warning
THE LUCKNOVV SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
lurk
Signs.
A coroner'sjury,. Meeting in
Lucknow„on Thursday afternoopof
last week to enquire into,the death
"of 73 -year-old a
nof
R uffrfm ,
y lRoy . rt H
• Kinloss Townip,, recommended: .
Warning signs a placed' on both
approaches, t .the railway ,crossing
where 'Mr, Huffman lost his life in:
a car -train collisxon.;lasi November
l6th.
'• The jury ,'composed of Kinloss,
Township residents,' P. A .. Murray,
foreman, Harvey,Houston, Lorne'
Eadie, Walter Breckles and Ted:
Coll •er' 'Drought rought in the following ; '
report, "we find that the said Roy
Huffniaii came to his death•at•
approximately 6 a . m . 'on the 16th
day of Novembers' 1966 on sideroad
35 in. Kinloss Township” and that
death was caused by injuries' sus -
Recommends
At Inquest
rained'. frorn'a collision between a
dayliner and a motor vehicle. We
recommend, that •signs beerected
On, both sides. Of the 'railway cross
ing at approximately 750 feet..
These sins to read' S1,ow•, 'Railway ,
Crossing arid to be in luminous.
paint
Coroner Dr. J;' C: McKim of
.,Lbcknow' presided atthe inquest'
which' was:called to establish
when, where; how and by. what
means. Roy 'Huffman came to,his.
death ._ Dr.. McKini 'explained •
the purpose of the inquest, stating
that no one was on trial and that
the crown attorney was, present
only as an expert interrogator and
`as' a legal adviser tothe coroner:
The coroner urged the jury to
make recomrnendations''which
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might preventt further accidents
of this kind. ' '
Crown Attorney for Bruce, ,.Go-
rge Patterson, questioned the
witnesses.:
Donald John Iviorrison, age, i7 of:
R. R. 5, Lucknow, grandson of Roy'.
t.h
Huffman, stated thae and his, '
grandfather were proceeding
south 'on sideroad 35 • in Kinloss.
onthe morning of Novem'ber• 16.
He said he was:driving his meth-
• er's car toh'ingham' where his
'grandfather planned to catch the
morning "train to Toronto Iron•
scally:, Mr: Huffman, had .planned
to.board the morning train, which`
took his life. • Mr. Morrison said
he :could not recall!, anything be-
fore �r after theaecident. Asked
how fast he Was. going,' Morrison
said•he ,could not recall., He said
he had no recollection of anything
from' the;rtight before the. accident
until coming out of an uncons
cious .condition five days after the
• accident,in London hospital`. He
said he. could not recall rising on
the Morning of the accident.
Asked by a juror if this lapse
of rnern'ory was 'in relation to the.
injuries received by the young
man, the coroner said memory
loss is quite common in: cases of
severe injury such as had happen-
ed to the witness.
Joseph Vincent .Gravelle ,:.engin-
Per 'on the dayliner , , stated that
the train was between Lucknow
and W ingham , ;travelling: in, an .
easterly direction, when the. coll.=
ision occurred...: 'Questioned by the
:
crown:attorney; Mr. `.Gravelle said
he was quite familiar with the
train route and .had followed the
customary procedure in approach'
ing the, intersection which; by
railway numbers, is 664. He said.
he blew 'the whistle. 1/4, of a mile
:from the crossing and '• that the ,bell'
was ringing, and headlight burning,
bright when he crossed the inter-
section. As h: approached the'
intersection; he was operating, on:
the south side of the dayliner. He
said he saw -a' flicker 'of' a dire light
and.' heard. the 'impact of the car
which struckthe side of the train
eight or ten feet back from`the
front "Mr. Gravelle said' he appl-
ied ,the emergency brake, and came,
to, a stop a, short distance tip the
track.' Thebrakeman walked back
to the scene and flagged "the :train
back to the, Crossing.' Gravelle
said he saw the two injured men:
.lysing, near''.the car, r Asked if the
lights in the coach had been "burn
ing, he replied' -in the affirenative.'
Hugh Hand, 'a resident. of White-
church' who lives just south of the
accident scene, .stated; that -he had.
heard the whistle ;of the .train that
morning, which,. -Mr,. Hand said,
"acts as his alarm clock". He
stated that the bell on the train
was ringing and the lights`on when
• the d"ayiiner,crossed the 'intersec
Andy Burgess, Ontario Provincial'.
Poli&'e officer. from .Kincardine,
said that he arrived 'at the scene ,
at 7.05 arm. on November 16th.
He observed the dayliner. on the
east side of the intersection and
the late model car on.the north
side facing in a westerly direction,.
.Ari ambulance was at the scene, -
and departed shortly after his arii'
val with Mr'. Morrison. .He' said
Mr.' Huffman was identified at the
scene by his daughter and. that Cor-
bner McKim had pronounced him
dead. He reported skid marks for
approximately 45 feet to the point
of impact. Photos.of the•a.ccident
presentedy,
scene wwee to the
jurors
Questioned by' the crown as to rum-
our of a. light close by 'which was '
deceiving to motorists, Constable.
Burgess 'said a naked bulb was situ-
ated about '1000 feet north of, the,
intersection and 1000 feet west but
that in his opinion, there was no •
chance to mistake this for the train.
He reported the: weather as dark,'
.hut -dry and clear.- The rbadwas
`asphalt paved , and ,crosses the rail -
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