Friday, February 11, 2000 —- North Shore News - 5 Van, car collide on Keith Read A 12-year-old boy visiting from Hong Kong was the unlucky victim of a car accident Tuesday morning. The boy was sitting in the passenger seat of a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am heading north on Forbes Avenue. His parents were also in the car. ‘The vehicle was struck by an Econoline van wavelling west on Keith Road at around I} a.m. Firemen called to the scene used the jaws of life to extricate the boy from the Grand Am, which had crumpled on impact. North Vancouver RCMP Const. Heidi Hoffman said the boy was taken to Lions Gate Hospital, where he was treated for facial lacerations and a fractured clavicle before being released. The family was due to tly home to Hong Kong on Wednesday. a There were no other injuries arising trom the incident, and iCYHE? 34 Hoffman said no charges would be laid. =~ WRAB io ia NEWS photo Pau! McGrath EMERGENCY crews attended to the scene of an accicent on Tuesday at Keith Road and Forbes Avenue in North Vancouver. A 12-year-old boy was injured. The jaws of life were used to heip the victim out of the car. NV police actions criticized From pagel 16 assault rifle and chased the tenant out of the house. Police cordoned off a large area around the Lynn Valley house. They brought in the Emergency Response Team and had guns drawn during the incident. More than 20 officers were involved. Domingo said he slept through the commotion out- side his home. He had no idea what was going on until he got up. Domingo is far-sight- ed and thought there were police “in camouflage™ on his driveway. Said Domingo, “I opened the door at the front and there - is a microphone and he said, ‘You at the door come forward here. Kneel down and put your hands up.’ [ was really surprised.” Domingo was arrested and spent the night in jail. Police scized a ceplica M-16 that Domingo described as a toy gun he kept in his bedroom. Another tenant living on the main floor of the house, a woman, was also arrested. She was not charged. She declined to comment to the News but during the interview at the house was heard saying the incident was “disgusung” and that they had been treated like “terrorists.” The basement suite tenant came out of the house under police orders. Police previous- ly said they could not phone Domingo during the standoff because his phone was not in service. Domingo, who works part-time at Cap College, said the service had been cut off because he couldn't afford to pay the bill. He was charged with threatening his tenant Rick Sorenson. Serensoa had gone to the nearby Chevron station at around 6 a.m. on Sunday claiming that Domingo had chased him out of the house Husband questions fall From page 1 sense.” Werbes said the bridge is a tourist attraction that has an admission price and is not used. by many residents for recreational purposes. Werbes said Hama had tried to put Kaya up for adop- tion. “And that child with Down’s Syndrome happens to fall coincidently enough right in the cemtre of the bridge,” said Werbes. (Search warrant information. states Hama made several attempts to put the child up for adoption.) ; oe i | Enter to WIND Not All THat Shines\iS Gold. Specializing in custom Hama, married five times, and Werbes, in his second marriage, have been embroiled in costly, acrimo- nious court actions involving child and spousal support and matrimonial assets. Werbes, a securities lawyer, denies Hama’s suggestion that he set her up for the intensive police investigation. Hama called Werbes after Kaya fell trom the bridge. He then called 9-1-1 and report- ed Kaya’s fall. Werbes said he acted reasonably. He was against the govern- ment returning the children to her in Decernber. a Tennis Bracelet vetued « $140 (see in-store for details} AGSOLUTE SILVER Park Royal South with the rifle. When Mounties went to the house, it appeared to them that the main-floor occupants were not coming out. Police say they saw the lights go on and off in the home. The standoff ensued. Domingo said he had called police the previous evening complaining about Sorenson, who had moved in to a room on the home’s main floor in December. Domingo said Sorenson didn't pay his rent and broke house rules. Domingo said he was trying to evict Sorenson. Domingo claims he tald Sorenson that Sorenson’s girl- friend could nat stay overnight at the house at abour 4:30 a.m, on Sunday. Domingo said Sorenson took his girlfriend home, returned to the house, turned on the television and cranked up the volume. Sorenson then lett. Domingo said he got up, turned off the television, locked the door and went back to bed. Demingo had been at 2 karaoke bar until about 2 a.m. on Sunday. He slept in until noon. He denies chasing Sorenson. Domingo claims the police overreacted. The day after the standoff, a justice of the peace released Domingo from police custody with conditions that he not go to tis home. Domingo had to appear before a provincial court judge on Monday after- neon to have the order changed so he could go home. Meanwhile — Sorenson’s father, Vic, sat in a North Vancouver provincial court: room on Monday for three hours waiting to see Domingo make his court appearance. 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