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member was killed early Sun-

day morning while attempting to enforce an impromptu
roadblock of Doilarton Highway.

Said Chief Len George, **The
whole action was spontancous and
it was against speeding cars. We
have an ongoing problem of cars
speeding through the reserve late
at night, especially on Fridays and
Saturdays."

Seven men were diverting traffic
in the 3400-block of Dollarion at
approximately 1:15 a.m. when two
of them were struck on the road
by an eastbound Toyota truck.

Dollarton Highway resident
Murray ‘‘Moe’’ Guss, 28, died at
the scene.

According to coroner lan Mar-
shall, Guss died instantly as a
result of a head injury sustained
when he was hit.

Dale George, a cousin of Bur-
rard Band Chief Len George, suf-
fered minor injuries. He was sent
to Lions Gate Hospital and was
later released.

Len George said the seven men
had spent Saturday evening play-
ing cards at a home near the scene
of the fatality. The men were on
their way home when they heard a
speeding car coming through the
reserve from the east.

“They stopped him and they
sent him around the other way
through Mount Seymour
Parkway," he said.

Another half dozen cars were
similarly diverted. George said the
men flagged down the cars by
waving their arms.

By Michael Becker
News Reporter

‘“*There were no siructures or
anything else set up,’’ he said.
“But the guy that came through
was going so fast he never had a
chance to see. He just barrelled
right through. He hit Moe and
kept on going. Dale was grazed
and knocked to the side.”*

Meanwhile coroner Marshall
has been assigned to conduct an
inquiry into the death. Investiga-
tion by North Vancouver RCMP
continues and police are not
releasing the name of the driver.
A police spokesman said the acci-
dent was not a case of hit and
run.

George said the dead man’s
sister was recently injured on
Dollarton Highway when a
speeding car rear-ended a taxi cab
in which she was a passenger.

“She had over a year of
physiotherapy,”’ he said.

In the early 1970s a young Bur-
tard Band girl died while attempt-
ing to cross Dollarton Highway.

Said George, ‘‘She was dead
before she hit the ground."*

According to George, the
posted speed limit for the road
where the death occurred is 40
kph. But he said it is not unusual
for vehicles to travel 80 to 90 kph

along the road.

Spill fouls inlet

APPROXIMATELY 5,000

galions of marine diesel oil

spilled into Burrard Inlet near Cates Park Monday morn-

ing.

And according to an Indian
Arm fish farmer, the spill was the
second in the area in as many
weeks.

Strato Malamas, of Pacific
Aquaculture, came upon the spill
about 8 a.m. near Cates Park and
reported it to the coast guard.

Said Malamas, ‘‘I saw one on
Tuesday (Sept. 4) about the same
size at the same location. But |
don’t know where that one was
coming from. | just noticed a fot
of oil in the water near Cates
Park. The first time 1 didn’t
report it. | think I should have.”

Transport Canada repre-
sentative Micheline Brodeur said
the coast guard had no record of
a spill reported in the same area
last week.

Added) Environment) Canada
emergency coordinator Fred
Beech, “I'm not sure what the
fish farmer saw last week. [t could

By Michael Becker

News Reporter

have been something from a pass-
ing boat.’”

Monday's spill was first
reperied to the Canadian Coast
Guard at 4:10 a.m. The oil
escuped from a six-inch crack in
the hull of a Seaspan barge after
it was loaded at the Soco Esso
refinery terminal near Port
Moody. The barge held 22,000
gallons of oil.

A containment boom was set up
around the barge and loading
terminal.

The Canadian Wildlife Service
recovered three oil-soaked seagulls
Monday. Vancouver harbormaster
Richard Oliphant said that much
of the spilled diesel, which floats
thinly on water, evaporated.

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