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A 22-YEAR-old North Vancouver man is in stable condition with head injuries at Lions Gate Hospital!
following a two-car collision at Mount Seymour Parkway and Riverside Drive on Wednesday morn-
ing. According to a North Vancouver RCMP spokesman, the accident occurred at approximately
10:45 a.m. Maple Ridge resident Helga Froseth, 79, who was travelling west on Mount Seymour
Parkway, attempted to make a left turn at Riverside. But a Porsche 924, travelling east on Mount
Seymour Parkway, collided with Froseth's Oldsmobile. The Porsche, driven by Christopher Grant.
struck u light standard and was totally demolished.

Highway 99 closed indefinitely;
Water taxi business is booming

100 cubic
dawn

SIX MEN were injured

Vhursday
Highway was hit with a second sfide

after the Squamish

blocked by a massive rock slide six days ago.

The second slide has closed the
highway indefinitely, but che BC
Rail line. which was opened Wed-
nesday night, remained apes to
press time Thursday.

RC Rail officials are monitoring
the situation hourly.

The six cack sealers injured
Thursday were attempting to
secure the cliff above the highway
to allow for a planned reopening
of the highway at 6 pom. Vhurs-
day,

They ceoportedty felt the moun.
tainside vo and ran fo. safety as
socks rained down from above.

The most sermousty mjured of

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By Michael Becker

News Reporter

the rock scialers was struck on the
head by aoreckh. He was airlitted
ny belicopter to the Ritsilane Cae
nadian Coast Guard base and
transterred to) Vancouver General
Hospital suffering a head injury
and miuttiple tiactures.

Phe five other men. suffering
from minor injtifies, were trans.
ported by ambulance to Lions
Gate Hospital.

Squamish ROMP and highways
ministry officids estimate that

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“GAR

in the area that was

metres of
Thursday

about 75 to
material came
afternoon.

A highways ministry spokesman
said the emergency 24-hour ferry
service connecting Horseshoe Bay
with Squamish will continue until
the highway fs reopened.

But oonee the highway is
reapened, planned remediah work
at the site will mean subsequent
highway closures.

Said Capilano ighwavs  Ser-
viees Vice-president Don Neilson,
“AS soon an they say. ‘Fellows,
no ahead, its safess we're conti-
dent fo pass traffic underneath ir,
There’s still a Jot to move there,
but thes get one lane. and then
we'll ge into an orderly system ot
closures so the whole thing can get

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WS photo New Lucente

AN AMBULANCE attendant rushes a patient into Lions Gate
Hospital Thursday. Six rock scalers were injured when rock
rained down from above while they were working to secure the
area where a large slide blocked Highway 99 six days ago.

cleaned up.”

‘Phe road was cleared for open-
ing Wednesdays. but provincial
highways omuinistty geotechnical
spectalists determined thi the

urea was unsute for traffic.
Work at the site wis then halted
in heavy rain as more rack and

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