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[louisa maud]

My father was a passenger in a wagon during November 1947, the wagon was involved in an accident in Mount Street London, it was a fatal accident but fortunately my father and the driver of the wagon survived suffering from just shock, I know there was an inquest.
I am wondering where I can find any publication about this accident

Louisa Maud

[ShaunJ]

Was it a coal lorry hitting a taxicab?

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000437%2f19471128%2f006&stringtohighlight=mount%20street

[cuffie81]

Another possible matching story.

I've only included a few details from each newspaper, they're both fairly long. Both mention the van driver's name but not the passenger's. The items are available in the British Newspaper Archives, available via BNA directly or via FindMyPast.

Westminster & Pimlico News
24 Oct 1947
page 3, column 3
Inquest Story
Woman Killed In Park Lane
- inquest at Westminster into death of
- Mrs Alice Louise Verrall
- aged 61, widow, of 11 Atalanta Street, Fulham
- died in St George's Hospital
- hit by motor-van near Mount Street, Park Lane
- on Sept 30


Fulham Chronicle
24 Oct 1947
page 1, columns 3 & 4
Catapulted Through The Air
Fulham Widow Dies After Being Hit By Van
- inquest at Westminster's Coroners Court into death of
- Mrs Alice Louise Verrall
- aged 61, widow, of Atalanta Street, Fulham
- died in St George's Hospital
- hit by motor-van near Mount Street, Park Lane
- after getting off bus
- jury returned verdict of "accidental death"
- and exonerated the van driver

[louisa maud]

Spot  on  shaun,  that  is   the  one  I  was  after,
For  some  reason I always  have  trouble accessing newspapers with  FindMyPast, I  don't  know  why
Many  thanks  for  help  received
LM