It only took a few minutes
for David Hay to to lose any
trace of his TR6 sports.car in
a sequence of bizarre events
reminiscent « of something °
out of a slapstick. movie. But
when the show’ was, over he
--wasn't laughing.

One moment the North
Vancouver 19-year-old was
driving down Cypress Bowl

Road: and the next his car

was burned out at the
bottom, of a steep ditch.

Hay, who lives at 607 East
Windsor, in North Van, was
driving his car there Monday
afternoon when it hit a bump
on the second S-bend up the
road. From what was to
follow, it seems that the fuel
line from his gas tank must
have broken at this point.

While driving on he began

to feel warm behind him. and

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when he turned around ‘he
saw: flames i in. the: rear. area of |
the-car. =

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7 emergency. brake. But. that _

was. when the brake cable

snapped and the car started

rolling forward.

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So Hay turned the steering
wheel to the right in an

attempt to keep the car from .

moving.

But the car kept on rolling
--right into a 60 ft. ditch,
where the gas tank caught
fire and the whole thing
burned out.

The owner was uninjured
and West Van Fire
Department put: ont the
blaze for him. But the car
was written off.

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school boards

Agenda highlights for
tomorrow's meetings of
North Shore councils in-
clude:

NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT (8 P.M.)

Curfew by-law (no
children on streets between
11 p.m. and 5 p.m.)

Policy and _ planning
committee meeting:

Woodcroft Parking

Requests for recon-

sideration of Council
decision to close Pool 88

Request for Dow
Chemical plant public
meeting ;

1979 Recreation Com-

mission Budget Cutbacks -
wading pool closures

Access to park at mouth of
Lynn Creek

NORTH VANCOUVER
CITY (7:30 P.M.)

Finance commilttce = -
request for LGH grant

Delegation re: keeping of
boa constrictors

Copper beech tree
preservation

Bicycle registration

Grass” playfield and

running track - 23rd Street
and St, Georges

Traffic signal - 3rd Street
and Forbes Avenue

WEST VANCOUVER
(8 p.m.)
7:15 Canada Day

ceremonies begin

Rezoning at
Street by-law

Rezoning at 303 Marine
Drive by-law

6496 Bay

MacKechnie Park

Disposal by-law
Tree cutting by-law

The following items will
be discussed in the. policy

and planning committee
meeting:
Encroachment control
policy

Pascal Road waterworks
system

Community Services
Advisory Commission - re:
Sutcliffe Report

SCHOOL
BOARDS

WEST VANCOUVER
(MONDAY 7 P.M.)

Interim report of cost
reduction committee.

North Van ‘Teachers’
Association budget  sub-
mission.

Keith Lynn) Alternate
School fire.

Swimming program
evaluation.

Community school
evaluation terms of
reference.

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