FRIDAY.
August 18, 1995
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PARAMEDICS FROM nine ambulance crews attended to victims of a six-car rush- ;

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NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

“hour accident on the Trans-Canada Highway that left two dead and five injured.

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-Hwy. 1 rush-hour carnage

A RUSH-HOUR accident on Highway: ! (hat killed two
and injured live had the potential to injure dozens, said
the paramedic in charge of the accident’scene.
’ By lan Noble; 5
News Reporter

Tim Jones, North Vancouver stuion B.C. Ambulance’ Service *

unit chief, said the “very bad” six-vehicle accident could have been
horrific if families had filled the cars involved. my ;
. “This one had the potential for causing major fatalities,” he told
the News Thursday morning, “That's not dramatizing the thing.
“To put it simply. it was like ¢ bomb blast. It was very spread out
and cars were twisted and crushed.”

According to Port Mann Highway Patrot Const. Kathy Dickson,

a semi-trailer-unit's brakes apparently. failed on the steep Cut sec-

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was lifted’ Thursday

Saturday: Cloudy, sunny periods
High 21°C, tow 12°C.
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A PUBLICATION ban of evidence
regarding the bail. hearing of twe
North Vancouver men accused of
triple murder in Washington state
in’ B.C,
Supreme Court. ;

By Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reporter

Dismissal of the ban allows Canadian’
media outlets to report details of the bail
hearing. a

The details. were available locally

‘through Washington state television broad-

casts and newspapers after Monday's hear-
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Defence lawyer Pat Beirne had asked for

and received the ban in an earlier. court
Jappearance. On Thursday he talked about

withdrawing the ban. “I hoped the jury in

‘Bellevue would not be prejudiced... ['m,not | -

sure a Canadian court is going to assist in

_ that goal,” he said

Beirne said jt was not practical to have a

‘publication ban given that news reports flow
: from Washington state to Canada.

‘Beirne’s clients, Atif Rafay..19 and his

‘friend. Sebastian Burns, 20..were charged
July. 31 with che aggravated first-degree

murder (of Rafay’s parents, Tariq and
Sultana, both §6, and their daughter, Basma,
21, in July {994,.-The former North
Vancouver family was brutally’. killed “in
their Bellevue home. :

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NEWS photo Brad Ledv-idgs

A CONTAINER loaded with excavation material ‘tore through 2:
concrete portion of Mountain Highway overpass Wednesday.

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