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19620411 Evidence by William Ronald
Torr, Coroners Court, Townsville;
Inquest:
Manner & cause: Death of Susan Mary McVean & Alexander Cameron
McVean
11th April, 1961
William Ronald
Torr DULY SWORN STATES.
I am a married man , 29 years of age and I live at 32 McKillop St,
Belgian Gardens, Townsville. I am unemployed at the
present. I was previously a Conductor on the Railway. I
remember the 23rd November, 1961. I was a passenger in a car
being
driven by William Joffris Roberts and we were returning to Townsville
from Charters Towers. We left Charters Towers at approx.
9:30pm. As we come over the rise on the way home from the Towers,
I saw what appeared to be a motor accident. That was approx. 7 or 8
miles from Charters Towers. We come over this rise and saw what
appeared to be an accident and we slowed right down and drove past this
scene and I heard a female voice cry out, "God
please
God
help
us." We parked the vehicle not too far past
these other two vehicles and ran back to the scene. I then
remembered that I had a torch in my port in the back of Robert's car so
I ran back to the car and got that torch. I noticed that one
vehicle was a Zephyr Sedan and the other was an International Panel
Van. Mr Roberts who I knew to be a qualified Railway ambulance
officer was looking in the Zephyr when I arrived with the torch.
About this time,
there was a Mainline Ford coming in the direction form Charters Towers
and I ran up the road and waved my torch to stop him and when he
stopped I asked him to proceed to Charters Towers and contact the
ambulance and also the Police there. He did that. I noticed
the persons in the Zephyr sedan. There were four persons.
The girl was not behind the steering wheel. She was beside the
steering wheel in the front seat and the lady I now know as Mrs McVean
she was also in the front seat in the passenger side and she had her
head down in the corner above the glove box and I could not see her
face; only the back of her head. She was not moving. She
did not show any signs of life. I assisted the young woman from
the driver's seat out of the car through the back door. The front
seat had a big bow in it. I think it might not be because we
couldn't open the front door. I think it was because the steering wheel
and the back of the front seat were too close together. In the
back seat of the Zephyr, on the driver's side, I noticed a man and he
was sort of bent up and on the floor between the cushion and the squab
which is referred to as the back part of the front seat. Mr
Roberts had previously told me to see if we could get some blankets or
bed clothes or mattresses or something. I went away to get
some. I placed this injured man on the bed. I assisted on
getting him out after I had got the linen. He was groaning and
appeared to be badly injured. I
also
noticed
a
young
lad
on
the passenger side of the back seat.
He was in a very shocked
condition.
I think he got out on his own, but he was the last out. The two
people in the back seat were McVeans but I do not know their Christian
names. I know they were the McVean family but I don't know any
other details. Whilst I was at the scene, the ambulance arrived
and also the Police. It seemed a long time after but I don't know
how long. There was a lot of traffic went past while I was
there. I was directing traffic in between time. I saw the 3
injured McVean family conveyed away in the ambulance and also the
driver of the International Van. I have since heard his name but
I don't know what his name is. I also saw a hearse arrive and
remove the body of the deceased Mrs McVean. I did not speak to
the driver of the International Van at that time. I did not
observe any liquor on any person at the scene. I did not detect
or smell liquor on any person at the scene. The conditions of the
lighting on the Zephyr when I arrived at the scene; the tail lights
of the Zephyr were on, and the headlights, I'm not too sure but I think
they were out. I did see lights on the dash of the Zephyr
indicative of what the headlights of the Zephyr sedan might have been
at the time of the accident. The red pilot light on the
dash was showing which indicates high beam. I did not take any
noting of the International vehicle. The lights were all
out. The motors of both vehicles were stopped. On the dash
of the International there were no lights or there were no other
lights. The lenzes of the vehicles, I don't remember entirely as
to the condition of the lights whether they were intact or
smashed. Both vehicles were locked together on the passenger side
of each vehicle but I don't remember what the headlights were like on
the driver's side of the other vehicle. It was impossible to see
the lights on the passenger side of either vehicle. The road
where they were, was straight for a fair way on a down hill grade
facing Townsville way. The Zephyr was facing in the Townsville
direction.
In relation to the correct driving side of the roadway, the Zephyr was
on its correct side of the road, not in the middle on its right side,
pretty close to be parallel to the road. The direction of the
International was facing towards Charters Towers and he was on the
wrong side of the road. He had a slight angle to the road.
The driver side wheel of the International were off the bitumen and not
on the road. The whole vehicle was at an angle. It was on
its incorrect driving side of the road. The road there is made up
of bitumen and gravel on each side, at the scene.
The bitumen is wide enough for two vehicles to pass with safety
without going over onto the gravel edges. I don't know the width
there. It was approx wide enough for two cars to safely pass each
other and still be on the bitumen. There is not any lines on the
bitumen at that particular place to my recollection. The gravel
of the bitumen, I don't recall at that particular place. The
weather was fine and the road surface was dry. The conditions
were clear for driving.
On the 23rd November, I do not recollect having passed or having been
passed by, any of the vehicles involved in the accident prior to that
time. I don't recollect having seen these vehicles prior to coming to
the scene of the accident. I did not see any of the vehicles
shifted from their positions at the scene prior to the arriving of the
police. The vehicles weren't interfered with in any shape of form
from the time I got there to the time the police arrived. There
was one chap wanted to turn out the lights on the dash board of the
Zephyr and I told him not to interfere with the vehicle until the
police arrived.
By Mr Roberts
Q. You told us that you were driving in that vehicle
with Mr Roberts from Charters Towers in the direction and that you
drove past the vehicle in the accident.
A. Yes.
Q. Would you tell us whether you had any difficulty
in passing those two vehicles.
A. No. naturally slowed down.
Q. Can you tell us now whether it was necessary to
you in your car to leave the bitumen to enable you to pass those two
vehicles.
A. As we went past those two vehicles being the
passenger I was looking out the passenger window at the scene and Mr
Roberts was driving and he could have gone off the bitumen.
Q. If you do not recall that, can you tell us whether
a part of your vehicle was on the bitumen.
A. Yes.
Q. You are not certain whether the whole was on the
bitumen.
A. Yes, I'm not certain,
Q. I put it to you that you passed the vehicle on the
right hand side of the roadway in the direction of Townsville.
A. Yes.
Q. You told us that you could not tell us about two
of the headlights because the vehicle was locked together but you
didn't tell us how the vehicles were locked together. Would you
tell us how each of the vehicles were locked with the other.
A. As I recall that night, it seemed as though the
passenger side, front side front mudguards were locked. The
International was smashed further into the Zephyr and the Zephyr
appeared to have more damage.
Q.
Tell
how
far
from
the
crest of the hill were these two cars you saw
locked together.
A. They were in a position which you had to get right
up on top of the crest until you actually seen them.
Q. How far were they away from the top of crest of
the hill approximately.
A. I suppose it would be three or four times the
width of this court room. I stopped these oncoming cars I would
just have to run two or three times the width of the court room to warn
oncoming vehicles.
By MR SUTHERS.
Q. The girl who was in the Zephyr car when you
arrived on the scene was not sitting behind the wheel but towards the
passenger side.
A. Yes.
Q. The lady was face down with her head on the dash
board.
A. Just above the glove box with her head in that
corner.
I got the bedding out of the International Van. The driver was in
a shocked condition, the old chap. I didn't have a conversation
with him. I don't remember whether he got out of the van or not
before the Police arrived. I do not recall the driving side head
lamps of the vehicles. They were all out. The only lights
you could see was the tail lights of the Zephyr and a red light on the
dash. The police took measurements and photographs.
When the police took the measurements the vehicles were in the same
position as when I arrived. There were not many people stopped in
passing vehicles at the scene. I did not notice whether there
were tyremarks or skid marks on the bitumen. There were skidmarks on
the gravel. The way the vehicles were locked together and
because of the gear the International had in the back I could not say
what speed they were going. There was not anything to indicate
after the impact. The way it appeared to me what the Zephyr had
come to a complete standstill. The international was slewed a bit.
RE-EXAMINATION
SERGEANT FITTLER:
Q. Did the roadway at the scene pass through a clear
area or was it timbered on either or one side.
A. I couldn't say whether it was cleared but there
wasn't
many
trees
on
the
left hand side or the northern side. It
wasn't scrubby country.
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