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A DRIVER was heard swearing at a group of cyclists mo-
ments before a three-car collision on the Squamish Highway
occurred Sunday around | p.m.

Trevor Mellish, 23, of West
Vancouver, said he was riding
single-file with four others when a
driver passed telling them they
should not be on the road.

“He was using profane lan-
guage, and hanging out of the
window,"’ Mellish said. ‘tHe fost
control and bounced into the ce-
ment meridian. He tried to correct
himself, but headed into oncoming
traffic.””

Squamish RCMP said John
Foreman, 25, the driver of a
southbound green Chevrolet hit a
conerele post and crossed into the
northbound fane hitting a blue
Ford van. A third vehicle, a Dodge
pickup, slid into both vehicles.

Six people in the vehicles were
taken to Lions Gate Hospital. The
two rear passengers in the
Chevrolet suffered the most
serious injuries. Shauna Hanvey,
22, is in hospital with spinal inju-
ries and Karen Vincent, 22, is in
stable condition with serious head
injuries.

By KIM PEMBERTON
News Reporter

Foreman suffered cuts and
bruises in the accident.

Mellish said he is upset that ini-
tial press reports suggested the
cyclists were at fault, by riding two
or three abreast.

“We were riding single file at
the edge of the road. We're all
trained, experienced cyclists who
abide by the rules of the iaw,’’ he
said,

Mellish said at the time of the
accident the lead rider had pulled
into the shoulder of the road to
allow the cyclist behind him to
take the lead. But he stressed the
cyclists did not veer off the side of
the road,

Brent Mudry, spokesman for the
Bicycling Association of B.C., said
the four cyclists, all in their 20s,
were on a training ride at the time
of the accident.

He said three of the cylists are

NV DISTRICT COUNCIL

Woods rezoning
bylaw defeated

NORTH VANCOUVER District Council snuffed out a
fiery controversy Monday that had been fueled by district
plans for residential development of McCartney Woods.

Council unanimously shot down
in flames the initial rezoning bylaw
bid at second reading that would
have seen single-family homes
abutted by new townhouse
development.

Council’s move came in
response to Blueridge area resident
concerns .that proposed. zoning
changes were inconsistent with the
character of the -existing
neighborhood, and that the new
development should include a nor-
th-south route to ensure the safety
of residents by allowing improved
access for emergency response to
the area.

In meetings between repre-
sentatives of the Seymour Heights
Residents Association, CMHC/
Province Partnership landowners,
and district staff, Feb. 12 and 19,

consensus was reached on the Mt. °

Seymour Parkway to Hyannis
Drive north-south feeder, and the
limitation of through traffic on
Emerson to emergency vehicles on-
hy.

At-the March 4 public hearing,
attended by approximately 650
people, resident association repre-
sentative Patrick Culhane. propos-

By MICHAEL BECK
News Reporter

ed zoning ‘changes to a parcel of

the: development that would see .

housing densities increasing grad-
ually eastward toward low. density
townhouses. ;

“(The initial zoning proposals do

not show any gradual change (in |

parcel one of the proposed
development adjacent to existing
residential housing), but instead go
directly: from single-family detach-

-ed five-unit-per-acre lots directly to

attached  six-unit-per-acre lots,’’
Culhane told the hearing.

“Most residents would prefer
that single-family dwellings of the
same nature be retained,’’ he said.

Culhane advocated a potential
solution in the partial development
of district-owned parcel one,
maintaining a tree stand at the
western end backed by single-fami-
ly detached housing.

The McCartney Woods rezoning
issue ‘returns to council’s policy
and planning meeting next week
for consideration of a new draft
bylaw.

NORTH VANCOUVER BLACKOUT

A POWER outage disrupted service to a large portion
of North Vancouver City’s business district for about

two hours Monday afternoon.

B.C. Hydro spokesman Peter McMullan said power
went out at 2:29 p.m. and was restored at 4:13 p.m.

The outage affected an area bounded by 19th Street
on the north, 5th Street on the south, Bewicke Avenue

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on the B.C. team and one is B.C.'s
road champion,

“The riders were exercising cau-
tion, and weren't riding danger-
ous,’’ Mudry said.

CYCLIST TREVOR
Motlish...“‘We were riding single
file at the edge of the road.”’

He said the BABC believe after
the pelice investigation is com-
pleted, the cyclists will be exoner-
ated from blame.

Weather:
Wednesday and
Thursday, cloudy with
periods of rain. Highs
near 11° C,

INDEX

Auto .............,27.
Business...........18
Ciassified Ads.......38
Doug Collins........ 9
Comics ............ 38
Editorial Page....... 6
Bob Hunter......... 4
Lifestyles .......... 31
.Maifbox............ 7
Recreation Feature. ..21
Sports.............13
TV Listings.........37
What's Going On....29

Power cut hits businesses

to the west and St. Andrews Avenue to the east. .
McMullan said the outage was caused by a fault in -

an underground cable.

North Vancouver City Hall, the Nerth Shore News
and the North Vancouver B.C. Tel office were’all af-

fected.

Lions Gate Hospital, which is on a different circuit,
did not lose power during the outage.

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secutive jail terms of two and three aa “after: he: ne plead
guilty to two counts of. committing ‘
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which he broke a window ata ie Road motel.
‘Finn was-also ® sarged pointy with: (George. Grant

Foom at the same motel was ha Dee damaged.
-, Appearing before North. Vancouve

, Paradis, Finn pleaded uilt

Monday morning after she slip-

ped und fell in a downtown’ park- »