On 31 August 1869, an Irish woman named Mary Ward became the first person to be killed by a road motor vehicle. She was travelling in a steam-powered vehicle built by her cousin. But she fell off and went under a steel wheel.
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On 31 August 1869, an Irish woman named Mary Ward became the first person to be killed by a road motor vehicle. She was travelling in a steam-powered vehicle built by her cousin. But she fell off and went under a steel wheel.