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 TWO
DEAD
Family Hit On Road
Á man and his son, aged 9 years, were killed and two others were
injured seriously shortly after midnight yesterday when a
motor-lorry struck members of a family of nine walking on the
road at Bagdad.
The casualties were:
Killed:
Lewis
William
Hill
(55), military policeman, and Geoffrey
Hill
(9).
Injured:
Mrs. Alma
Hill,
wife of
Lewis
Hill,
shock, head injuries, and abrasions; Brian
Hill
(7), head in- juries, and shock.
Four other
children under 14 years of age escaped injury. A seven-months
old baby, Terence
Hill,
who was in a perambulator, escaped with abrasions, though the
perambulator was smashed to pieces.
The family had attended a dance at Bagdad and were on the way to
home. The family had almost reached the turn-off on the Midlands
Highway near the Congregational Church and were within 150 yards
of their home.
The motor-lorry was driven by Arthur James Smith, of Kempton,
and he was accompanied by Mrs Ruby Luck, of 111 Giblin St.,
Hobart, and Arthur Joseph McKay, of Kempton.
The lorry
was returning to Kempton after the dance at Bagdad and was
travelling in the same direction as the
Hill
family.
The accident was reported to Constable Rowland, of Pontville and
he went to the scene with Trooper Miller. The father and
Geoffrey were unconscious, and the
son died before his arrival at
Brighton camp by ambulance. The father died after transfer to
the Royal Hobart Hospital.
The
condition of Mrs.
Hill,
last night, was serious; that of Brian
Hill
was stated to be satisfactory.
An inquest
on the deaths of Lewis
Hill
and Geoffrey
Hill
was opened by the Coroner (Col. Clark) in the Hobart Police
Court yesterday Evidence of identification was given and the
inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
The Mercury 8 June 1942
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