was. getting in

pam nes . '

Lawrence Dunn

totalled his $12,000 car
last July. By claiming. in
- West : Vancouver:

Provincial Court
- Thursday that he-
accep ted~ a drink of |
a whiskey from ‘a good ©
Samaritan after. .the .
érash he. thas forced a

a . decision on a. leet
me point... _
_ | Dunn, 24, of 602, 1150

. 1

_. Burnaby St. is charged with ©
; _ impaired driving and failure.
to give a breath sample. -

; His counsel i is arguing that
Dunn had “reasonable
grounds” for ‘not blowing
into the bre zathalyzer when
asked. vo

bare feet Ne is

to . .

‘using ‘as his
precedence a Saskatche ewan

> car in

ry . : ‘, . . mc : . : ot 4

case’ where under ‘a ‘similar.

Situation ‘the judge ruled the
accused not guilty. — |

‘The case was put over for
further consideration _ by:
Judge Millar, to. January 1B

Dunn. had testified that he
was driving his BMW. in ‘the
4200 block Marine. Drive

when he swerved to avoid an

oncoming car: “approaching.
in his lane. Oy. ne

AS he swerved to miss it,
his ‘car. hit gravel. and the
- back-end ‘smashed | into’ a
telephone Pole. ras

A ‘ 1 fog mt he
1 ' 1 > ne :

Dunn said he was shaken-
up in the crash, but was
‘mostly concerned. with the
state "of the ‘car, which
appe eared to be a total write

off. . a a

He. aid.”

‘ Joys

B Reaching Every Door on the

some practice: on, Grouse earlier in the week: while his
reindeer rested | Up. in Preparation for thelr big night. {Terry Peters’ Photo] |

MARES GE, SI SIOER BEAR PUM NED Teper

driver offered him a swig. ‘of.
whiskey from a t nalekey, and.
che accepted. . _ we

‘Dunn's passenger, Joseph |
Filopovich testified -he had |
not been able to see whether
Dunn: had - consumed. any:
alcohol, although he = ad- |
mitted they ‘had .a ‘small
amount to drink previous: to”
the accident. | ae oe

‘ . ,,

. Constable ‘Robert |. Tait,
testified that when he.
arrived on the scene, Dunn
showed signs of impairment.

- Dunn was handcuffe »d and
taken to the West Van-
—couver police station but ds
‘he was getting out of the
police car, he bolted and ran
down Argyle St.

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Volkswagen stopped rand the

‘mana ger.
- Jewellers .at the same mall
_ echoes these views,

"moment." er

~ And Gerald’ ‘Hesselmann,
-at- Swedish .

t : : .

“Business is. very good,

~ definitely up over. last year,”
che says. “Some:

people have

“lot of” ‘money. at the.

A rear. ‘end collision on
the Deep, Cove. on-ramp-
Monday ‘morning ted up
traffic on: “the: ‘Second.
Narrows brid ge through:

- out: the: rushe ‘hour. The
accident resulted An-minor:
injuries to one person and |
$1,000. damage to the two
cars involved. Traffic was
backed up’ from the biidg 4
all the way. to the Uppe
Levels Highway,.# police
‘spokesman sald.

orth Shore