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SONYA enjoys rollerskating and jazz dancing. She has an interest in writing and is
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visit California.

THREE police forces and
some 16 police vehicles were
involved in a chase of a
stolen taxi cab from Van-
couver early Wednesday
which finally ended in West
Vancouver.

A Yellow Cab stolen from
Richards and Pender in
downtown Vancouver
around 3 a.m. was pursued

AS - Sunday, March 27, 1983 - North Shore News

By CHRIS LLOYD

by Vancouver police across
Second Narrows Bridge.

When it reached North
Vancouver the local RCMP
joined the chase, one of the
North Van vehicles getting
damaged in the process.

An alert went out to West
Vancouver police, who set

he great cab chase

up a unit on the Upper
Levels Highway at West-
mount, ready to head off the
stolen cab.

But the chase never
reached that far. The cab
was stopped by the
procession of police vehicles
when it reached the Cypress
Bowl turnoff and the driver
was arrested.

Woman talked down from bridge

A WOMAN ready to jump
from Second Narrows Bridge
Wednesday morning was
talked down by an am-
bulance crew — and a
pychiatrist who happened to
be in the traffic jam which
resulted.

“distraught”, climbed over
the railing on the west side of
the bridge about 9 am.

A bridge user called the
Highways Patrol, who
notified the Emergency
Health Services.

Traffic backed up as an

with her intention.

One of the vehicles in the
backup was being driven by
a psychiatrist who realized
what was happening and
joined the ambulance crew.
Together they managed to

talk the woman into ac-
ambulance crew arrived and companying them and she
The 25-year-old woman, attempted to persuade the was taken for medical
described by police as woman not to go through treatment.
That's why they have roadblocks
A DRIVER drove straight and drove into the back of a fourth.

into an RCMP breathalyzer

vehicle stopped at the end of

Susan Ochitwa, aged 22. _

roadblock at the North end —

a line of cars backed up as a

of 304-124 West ‘18th Street

of Lions Gate Bridge early result of the breathalyzer in North Vancouver, was
Wednesday — literally. checks. arrested and has been
The stationary vehicle was charged with impaired

Police report the driver
did not notice the roadblock

bumped into the next one,
which in turn rear-ended a

Drinking drivers

RECENT convictions ob-
tained by North Shore police
(penalties shown are in
addition to automatic
licence suspension):

BATES, Byron, 2728
Marine, West Van ($400);
ELLIOTT, Janice, 1470

Nelson, West Van (8375);
MACDONALD, Linda, 211-
2171 West 2nd, Vancouver
($350); SCHEFFER, Gerald,
447 East 30th, Vancouver
($275); WILKINSON,
Donald, 506-2025 Bellevue,
West Van ($200 plus $250 on
two charges.)

driving and driving with a>
blood-alcohol level over .08.

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