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Fellow prisoners have told an inquest of the moments they tried to save a man who died in an off-road buggy incident while working at the Darwin prison.
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The inquest heard he was not wearing a helmet or seat belt
Mr Watts was due to begin work in the community three days later
Benjamin Watts, 31, died when the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) he was driving at the horticultural section of the Darwin prison crashed and landed on top of him.
A coronial inquest into his death heard Mr Watts was skilful , reliable and absolutely excellent at his work in the horticultural section of the prison, outside of the main gates.
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The first time you see a black Amish buggy on a country road, you smile. You canât help it.
When you see a sprawling Amish farm with a large barn and a tall domed silo and a man in the field plowing with a team of horses and, behind the house, a clothesline filled with the morningâs wash, you pull over and take a picture.
You feel like you have been transported back in time to a simpler day.
Then you notice that the buggy has brake lights. And turn signals.
And you think that maybe novelist Barbara Kingsolver was right when she said that the Amish are âlike a community type that went extinct a generation ago. But it didnât, not completely.â
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Drivers and spectators alike are âkeen as mustardâ for Saturdayâs CQ Mudsportz twin track meeting, according to club president Marlene Granshaw.
Thirty-five cars will hit the Kabra track from 2.30pm, racing in four classes - junior, standard, buggy and top gun.
Granshaw said as well as a strong local contingent, drivers were coming from centres including Mackay, Jericho, Sarina and Blackwater.
âEveryoneâs keen as mustard to get back to the track,â she said.
âWe had a race meeting in September last year but due to COVID it was a closed event so spectators werenât allowed.