Coroner J. E. Helwig this afternoon held an inquest into the death of George Ard of Hamburg, who was riding in Julius Schultz’e auto-truck when it was run down by a Lockport trolley car at Hoffman station on June 28th. at the North Tonawanda city court room this afternoon. Four witnesses was sworn. Evidence showed that the collision was accidental and that the motorman exerted every effort to avoid the mishap. The driver of the truck testified that the machine stopped on the track only a short distance away from the rapidly approaching trolley car and that he jumped, leaving Ard in the machine.
Source: Buffalo [NY] Express, 20 July 1916, p. 6, Fultonhistory.com