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October 9, 1983

Newsroom 985-2131

Classified 986-6222

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SUNDAY
Cloudy, rain

MONDAY
Cloudy, showers

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NEWS phote Eltaworth Dickson

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Driver jumped just before crash

A 48-YEAR-OLD Burnaby driver used his head
Thursday when his fully-loaded cement truck ran

away on him.

Lawrence Fanzsega guided
the truck down a steep, halt
mile length of coad just after
noon Thursday before stcer
ing iC into a ravine and jump-
ing from the cab just before
the truck went over

As a result be avoided a
serious accident and escaped
with only minor injuries

The ineident took place on
Highland Drive in West Van
couver When Fanzega at
tempted to gear down his
Rempel Brothers cement
truck, he could not re engage
the gears box and the brakes
weren't cnough to hold back
the truck

He stecred the truck for

about half a mile down what
police call a ‘‘fairly steep
tuad’’, before driving it into
a tavine and leaping just
before it went

Attempts to pull the truck
trom the ravine were fruitless
despite the presence of a
65-ton crane until Rempel
employees cut the remains of
the truck — which sustained
about $50,000 damage —
from the cement drum and
pulled them up separately.

Daylight
break-ins
on rise

LOOK OUT, West
Vancouver residents,
the thieves are on the
prowl.

y MARK HAMILTO

That’s the word from West
Vancouver. Police who are
logging an increasing number
of residential break-ins
across the municipality.

In the most recent rash of
incidents, they are dealing
with day-time break-ins or
attempts.

Police are appealing to the
public for word of anything
suspicious seen in the areas
where the incident took
place

At the same time, they are
advising residents of — the
municipality to ensure their
homes are secure and that
steps are taken to reduce the
loss of valuables if a burglar
is successtul

Among ways tesidents can
deal with that, police say, are
to botrow cngravers from the
department to mark
valuables, to photograph
valuables to aid in identifica
tion of recovered stolen pro
perty and to consider reduc
ing (he amount of expensive
yowelry in the house often
a prune target of thieves
by storing stain safety deposit
boxes

While they are making the
safety patch, poltee are in
vestigating break ins in the
900 block of Groveland
Road, the 600-bdlock Keith
Road, the 1000 block Cron
don, the 80OO- block of Ander
son Crescent, the 2400. block
of Ottawa, the 2400 block of
Palmerston Avenuc, and two
incidents in the 2600 block of
Mathers Avenue

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