A witness to the accident told police that Hughes was driving erratically and too fast and that Meyer had been standing in the safety zone of a streetcar stop. Hughes was booked on suspicion of negligent homicide and held overnight in jail. On 16 July 1936 Hughes was held blameless by a coroner's jury at the inquest into Meyer's death. (11 July 1936)
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9 Oak Avenue, Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
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Saturday 23rd of April 1977 (-) — Victim of Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper Patricia Atkinson is hammered and stabbed to death by Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper. "She told me she lived alone. I parked up outside her flat and she got out and went in. I picked up a hammer as I got out of the car. I remember this was a claw hammer that I had bought at the Clayton hardware shop."