Youth fractures Skull in fall off Ross Road roof From page V Second Narrows Bridge on saturday. “We were outnumbered alight,” said North Vancouver ROMP Const. Tom Seaman. A rave party is a dance usu aly held atter hours, ata weret obscure locale such as a ware house. Through the rumour mili, rave partygoers obtain a paver number to call on the night of the rave. A recording provides diree- tions to the rave. On Halloween. rave partygoers were instructed to park near Capilano College where they were picked up by a shuttle bus and taken to the rave. Raves tend te attract people in their late teens and early 20s. A drug called Eestasy is the stimulant of choice. The drug cost about $35 a shit.” Seaman said no alcohol or bortles were allowed at the party. Police decided to fet the rave proceed when they found 1,000 young people fined up to get in at 11 p.m. Seaman said rave organizers had provided 40 guards and “tight” security at she party. Police received sev- crab complaints about loud niusic as far away as north Burnaby, but no one was arrested. “You have 18 officers on the road going from call to call. ‘The rave was one of the things we had to worry about, if thar got out of control and spilled over, We had no warning at all (that the rave would take places,” said Seaman. At 530 per person, the rave pulled in at least $75,000 with- out organizers paying for any permits. The party took place on the east side of the bridge on vacant land. A fire marshal called to the scene had organiz- ers adjust the tents so that an emergency evacuation would be sater. Meanwhile many of the vehicles parked by the partygo- ers near Capilano College were burglarized. Seaman said that police responded to 196 calls in North Vancouver during a 12- hour period on Halloween — double die usual number. He said many of the calls related to fireworks and fire cracker com- plaints. During one incident, 2 see- ondary school student trac- tured his skull when he slipped and tell from the roof of Ross _ Road elementary in’ Lynn Valley. Vest Vancouver Police off- cers were busy wath more than 150 calls on Halloween -- five nimes the usual amount for a Saturday night. West Vancouver Police Const. Jan Craik aid officers were expecung the Sanitday evening to be busy. But said Craib, “TP personally had never seca arthing Ike it. There were a fot ot kids in packs like wolves roaming around.” Crab said i Molotov cock tail Blew up in front: of his police car. At the aime, Craib Was monitoring al group of youths that had gathered. at Keole Pauline Johnsen: and travelled along Inglewoud near West Van secondary. “It jut exploded and there was vlass everywhere. 1 fol- lowed them and they were hurling Roman candles at the (police) car and throwing strings of firecrackers atthe care” said Craib. He stayed in his police car and “kept thea (the group of teenagers) moving until they ran out of gas.” None of the apparently inebriated youths were apprehended. In another incident, a new Volkswagen Beetle was set on fire and extensively damaged on 20th Street near Inglewood Avenue after an arsonist threw a kerosene lamp oon: the car, said Craib. Near 13th Street and Haywood Avenue, a white Firefly car sustained minor damage after it was tipped on its side. Craib said there were sever- al dumpster tires including one adjacent. to Eeole Pauline Tohnson. 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