Bre as ona ce ogre mie: ASSES SRT ET Sle STAM ee | cee A TAI PES ELE STOR GN CIE TEENS TTT ma a cs fr ae SA eee ‘Three men struck by oncoming car in fatal accident Sunday A NORTH Vancouver man narrowly escaped severe injury Sunday at the indy car race in Vancouver. Steven Kinch, 21, was one of four track workers helping to push-start a car deven by Port Coquitlam driver Ross Bentley in the chicane (S-curve) just west of B.C. Place Stadium. Montreal resident Jean Patrick Hein, 20, died as a result of head injuries sustained when he, Kinch and a California man were struck By Michael Becker News Reporter of the car that struck him had heeded the warning, and, instead of negotiating the S-curve, the driver took a bypass route to avoid the stalled Bentley vehicle. “They were obviously being directed to it. There were many 44 / can remember thinking, | know something was coming — that something was going to happen. So just as I turned I just saw a flash of orange or red and that’s when it hit me. 99 by an oncoming racer. Although investigations of the fatal accident are reportedly under way, Kinch said that as of Tues- day morning he had not been con- tacted by CART (Championship Auto racing Teams Inc.) race or- ganizers for his side of the story. According to Kinch, who was assigned to work the chicane and was trained to handle track-side flags and emergency response, yellow warning flags had gone up to alert oncoming cars entering the blind curve. Kinch said safety procedures were working because a‘car ahead N.Van accident victim Steven Kinch people in that area to warn the drivers,’ Kinch said. Kinch was the last of four track workers to push-start the stalled racer. He said he saw that the three men already aiding the vehi- cle were having difficulty re-star- ting the car, so he jumped in to assist. “The guy closest to the inside of the track, he got out of the way. Just as the car (Bentley's) started going, | kind of bent for- ward a little bit. Somebody nudg- ed me in the shoulder or I heard a yell or something. 1 can remember thinking, | knew something was Wednesday. September 5, 1990 - North Shore News - 3 North Van man injured at Indy race = NEWS photo Cindy Goodman MOLSON INDY Vancouver driver Ress Sentley went on to an 18th place finish in Sunday's race. But Bentley’s car was involved in a tragic accident Sunday when track workers push-starting the vehicle were struck by an oncoming racer. One man died and a North Vancouver man was among the ji:jured. comin — that something was go- ing te happen. So just as I turned I just saw a flash of orange or red and thit’s when it hit me,’* Kinch said. Kinch said a tire of the car driven ty U.S. driver Willy T. Ribbs hit the back of his leg. “The ure spun on my leg and pulled off some skin on the back of my thigh, from my butt to my knee on my right leg,"’ he said. Kinch struck his head on the wing of the cer and his right arm hit the fins on the wing. He was tossed in the air. Medical crews were on scene immediately to assist the injured. Kinch’s right arm required stit- ches. Bradley Weeks, of California, reportedly sustained hand and ankle injuries. Hein died following surgery Sunday at VGH. The Vancouver Indy race course was described by one driver as ‘*tunforgiving.”” The chicane, basically a hard left turn, a hard Duaij-entry confrontation hits Parents of Nov-Dec. children told not to bring kids to school THE PARENTS of 13 ‘*November-December’’ children attempted to enrol their youngsters into West Vancouver kindergartens Tuesday morning, despite the West Vancouver District 45 School Board’s (WVSB) stance that it will not defy dual-entry legislation and allow those children into kindergarten before January. By Surj Rattan News Reporter And Kim Stephens, spokesman for the Parents’ Action Commit- tee On Dual Entry (PACODE), said WVSB superintendent of schools Doug Player ‘*threatened*” him at Caulfceild Elementary School Tuesday morning and told him not to bring his child back to the school today. “We took our kids to school this morning and Doug Player showed up and threatened us not to bring them back tomorrow,"* said Stephens. ‘tHe said our kids would get hurt in a confrontation tomorrow."" PACODE has been lobbying the WVSB and the education ministry for dual-entry changes that would allow children who turn five in ei- ther November or December to start. kindergarten in’ September, as opposed to January. But Player denied issuing any threats, He said he met with four parents at Caulfeild elementary school and asked that they not br- ing their children back to school today. “Tasked the parents not to br- ing their children back tomorrow because they are illegal. There was not a threat issued. I don’t go around threatening people,”’ said Player, who added that he told the parents to take any concerns they might have to WVSB chuair- man Jean Ferguson or the educa- tion ministry. Player also said he offered the Parent. a school board facility where they could operate their own kindergarten program until January. at which time the ““November-December’’ children would qualify for kindergarten. Player said the WVSB is con- sidering what action it might take if the PACODE parents bring their children back to school to- day. Minimum of two weeks of heavy rain needed to restore water levels Fram page t Included in the resolution Unat may go before the board is a ree- ommendation to impose further conservation measures that would include rationing water to the municipalities. . But Elsie said rationing water is a worst-case scenario. “We have never done that and it’s extremely unlikely we'd get to that,"’ he said. Approximately half of the communities served by the GVRD water system have sprinkling restrictions while the other half, including Vancouver, have none. “What a fot of people think we need ix a regional sprinkling bylaw,”’ he said, adding, however, that the GVRD does not currently have the authority to impose sprinkling regulations. North Vancouver District and City restrict’ sprinkling (to even dates for even-numbered houses and to odd dates for odd- numbered houses. West Vancouver residents are also subject to the same restric- tions, but are also limited to sprinkling between & a.m. and | pam. and § p.m. and 9 p.m, To press time Tuesday, the En- vironment Canada weather forecast, put the probability of rain for the next few days at near 7eTo. right and then a hard left again, was especially tricky and ultimate- ly proved itself deadly. “It was the next turn after the hairpin, after a fairly tong straight ~-~ enough time to get up some speed again. They had to break hard, cut close into the wail on the left and then cut hard close to the wall on the right. It was lite: ally within inches from each wa?! and they had to do that con- sistently,’’ Kinch said. - Van Last week the Surrey School Board became the latest. 5.1) board to decide it will defy cual- entry legislation, which was_ in- troduced this year. and allow *-November-December*’ children into kindergarten this month. Stephens said 80 per cent of Lower Mainland school districts have now decided to defy dual en- ty, and he questioned why the WVSB maintains its position that by defying dual entry, it would be breaking the law. 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