NEWS BRIEFS

Teens injured

SIX TEENS were injured last Wednsday afternoon when
a truck went over an embankment at Lynn Canyon
Park.

According to a North Vancouver RCMP spokesman, a
1980 Ford Bronco driven by 16-year-old Otis Perrick, of
North Vancouver, went out of control on a gravel road
in the park, struck a tree and dropped over an embank-
ment.

None of the injured, who ranged in age from 14 to 16
years old, suffered life-threatening injuries. But two
people were sent to Lions Gate Hospital.

The police investigation into the accident continues.

Trial set

A 26-YEAR-OLD woman is facing 2 Jan. 27 B.C.
Supreme Court trial following a bizarre accident that
resulted in the lower-leg amputations of her then-fiance.

Elizabeth Butzow is charged with criminal negligence
causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing hodily
harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm, and driving
with an alcohol level over .08.

On Dec. 29, 1990, Butzow's former fiance, David
Gallson, 29, had his legs crushed between two cars in the
Lower Lonsdale area.

Gallson has meanwhile filed a civil suit against Butzow
and a number of other parties in connection with the ac-
cident.

Youths charged

FIVE NORTH Vancouver youths have been charged
with break, enter and theft after North Vancouver's
Queens Cross Neighborhood Pub was broken into on
July 18.

The suspects entered a new beer und wine store under
construction at the pub. North Vancouver RCMP ar-
rested three suspects af the scene. Two others were ar-
rested the following day.

The suspects range in age from 13 to 17 years of age.

Fruit fiasco

A LOCAL. fruit vendor who was forced off leased
Squamish band land following a dispute with the natives
is relocating his business in the Deibrook area.

Bob’s Fruit Stand, a long-time local seasonal fixture,
is moving in to the Delbrook Plaza at 3711 Delbrook
Avenue.

But whil: Bob Reid remains, his wooden fruit stand is
history.

“Y have ‘o be in a store. They confined me within four
walls. Its not really my style, but I haven't got time for
anything cise. You know this fruit. It ripens and comes
and goes.” he said.

Fires fought

NORTH VANCOUVER District Fire Department
firefighter. had their hands full eariy July 20 when fire
hit a business located in the 1300-block of Pemberton
Avenue anu then minutes later at the Lynn Valley Centre
mali.

A disposal container fire at the rear of an automotive
outlet resulted in minor exposure damage to the rear wali
of the buiiding and minor damage to the container at the
Pemberton location.

While firefighters were attending to the fire, the alarm
system at Lynn Valley Centre was activated at about
12:30 a.m. Smoke was observed coming from the mall's
food fair area.

Upon entry firefighters saw that the building's
automatic sprinkler system had activated.

Investigators determined that the fire had originated
below a shelf in the rear of the Gourmet China fast-food
outlet. The fire was controlled and extinguished by a
single aute matie sprinklee head.

Damage 15 estimated at approximately $5,000. The fire
departmen’ is creditin, the automatic sprinkler and an
early warning fire protection system with minimizing the
damage.

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