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Witnesses testify

at ferry

THE KIMBERLEY, a

inquest

33-foot pleasure craft,

veered sharply from its course and slammed into
the starboard bow of the Queen of Cowichan, se--
cond officer William Chemko said in the third
day of a coroner’s inquest into the August 12

ferry accident.

The collision in Queen
Charlotte Sound that over-
turned the Kimberley and
resulted in the death of three
passengers, Kim, Michael
and Martin Kwok.

Chemko, 42, was on the
witness stand all day Thurs-
day. He told coroner fan
Marshall and the three-man,
two-woman jury he had the
Kimberley in sight from the
time Captain Wayne Holmes
came on the bridge 16
minutes from Horseshoe
Bay.

PARALLEL COURSE

it was travelling on a
parallel course to the ferry
about a mile ahead and 600
feet off the starboard side,
stated Chemko.

He said he didn’t worry
about the Kimberley until it
made a momentary turn to
port, into the ferry’s path. It
soon turned back onto a
parallel course but Chemko
ordered the quarter master
to steer five degrees to port
as a precaution.

‘| felt we would overtake
him at a good passing

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distance,’’ Chemko said.

But 30 seconds later the
Kimberley veered to port
and continued to arc toward
the ferry, said Chemko.

UNBELIEVABLE

“TE can't believe what i'm
seeing,’’ was Chemko’s
reaction. He proceeded to
give two five-toot warning
blows on the whistle. After
the second set he put the
engines full astern.

But by that time he knew
only a fast action by some-
one on the Kimberley could
prevent a crash.

He did not explain why he
‘did not reduce speed at the
same time as blowing the
whistle, he simply said he
elected to blow the whistle.

Under cross-examination
by Kimberley owner George
Kwok’s lawyer John Laxton,
Chemko was asked if he was
aware of a bonus system of-
fered when ferries were on

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