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5 - Friday, June 20, 1986 - North Shore News

KNEECAP, ANKLE BROKEN”

Jogger injures

elderly wo

AN ELDERLY woman is
suffering from a broken
ankle.and a cracked kneecap
after: she tried to avoid a
jogger on the sea-wall at
Ambleside Park Friday.

, By ROSS MEEK
News Reporter . :

The woman, in her mid-70s, is ©.
_ how. bedridden because the jogger ©

could not be bothered to give the

woman space as he sped by.
In-trying to get out of the run-

ner’s way; the wornan lept off the

path of the sea-wall near the golf ™
course, and as a result cracked the.
‘ kneecap of one leg and the ankle
of her other leg.

The woman reported the jogger .
- to have said: ‘‘That’s great lady,

can you. do it again?” as he, trotted

unaware ° ‘of. ithe :

: TRIP MISSED -

The woman, "who was: too em- :
‘.barrassed- to give her name, said -
“ishe . will be laid MP.’ ‘for several .
“weeks, and will’ miss “her. planned |’
‘trip to the Cariboo, which she says «jf

she takes every summer.

- + “]-don't’ see-why elderly people |:
‘should: have. to- defend.

_ themselves,’* said the woman's son —
. George: -Foster... ‘With, joggers.

weaving in and out, it-makes. older:

“people,” who’ aren’t that agile, up-

tight: and, apprehensive about ‘walk-
ing ‘along. -the ’ /sea-wall. “He. (the

jogger). doesn’t, even realize. - what
the hasdone.’ 8
“> Boster’* feels « the - municipality :
’ should ‘either step up enforcement”
. of its bylaws, or take steps to en-

sure the’ _Salety Of Ambleside
walkers.” :

Despite the .woman’s injury,

arks and. Recreation _assistant

seer
fag City Bott

municipality has not received any
complaints about joggers in
Ambleside Park or anywhere- else
in West Vancouver.

Kusch says the municipality has.
two bylaw officers ‘who patrol the: -
sea-wall, but their main targets are -

an

wheeled vehicles, which are pro- :
hibited on the walkway.

-“We would consider ‘it (taking
actions to protect walkers) if there:
were a lot of complaints, but it is.a.

‘joint use. area and we haven't shad:

any. complaints,” Kusch said..

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