A PENSIONER WHO WAS CROSSING THE ROAD OUTSIDE A LO
A PENSIONER WHO WAS CROSSING THE ROAD OUTSIDE A LONDON TUBE
STATION WAS RUN DOWN BY A MOTORCYCLIST, AN INQUEST HEARD TODAY
(WEDNESDAY).
GEORGE LESLIE HARRISON, 76, A RETIRED SECURITY OFFICER OF
HARFLEUR COURT, OPAL STREET, KENNINGTON, STEPPED OUT NEAR THE OVAL
STATION SOUTHWARK CORONER’S COURT WAS HEARD.
ACCOUNTANT CHARLES LOWDEN OF EARLSWOOD, REDHILL SURREY
SAID HE SAW A MOTOR CYCLE OVERTAKE A BLUE CAR JUST BEFORE TRAFFIC
LIGHTS AND HIT THE PEDESTRIAN ALMOST HEAD ON.
‘THE PEDESTRIAN TURNED TOWARDS HIM AT THE LAST SECOND,
OBVIOUSLY SEEING HIM, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
‘ HE SAID.
P.
S.
SUSAN PEARCE OF THE KENNINGTON POLICE SAID THE BIKE
WAS DRIVEN BY PAUL DARBY OF MORDEN HALL ROAD.
IN A STATEMENT TO THE INQUEST MR DARBY SAID: ‘AT THE TIME
I WAS TRAVELLING ALONG KENNINGTON PARK ROAD TOWARDS CLAPHAM.
‘I WAS OVERTAKING A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND SAW A MAN IN
THE ROAD.
I STARTED TO BRAKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID HITTING HIM.
‘
CORONER DR ARTHUR GORDON DAVIES RECORDED A VERDICT OF
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
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