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‘AS LONG AS Terrace residents
continue fo use the railyard as a
crosswalk accidents will happen,
said’ Canadian National (CN)
Railways police officer Bob
Teolis.
“*This has been a constant prob»
“lem for many years because
- people don’t want to make the ex-
-tta ‘effort of using the overpass,”’ Tr aspassers will

' said Teolis, be prosecuted .
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‘The most recent accident hap-
péned two weeks. ago when a lo-
cal ‘woman was killed while
“crossing the railyard.

At about 11:15 p.m. August 12,

-- 23-year-old Mabellene Abou and
‘a female friend were walking
“across ‘the tracks between Emer-
son and Otlawa to get from Greig
: Ave. to Keith Ave., according to
“Terrace + RCMP staff-sergeant

John Veldman
~ They had crossed three tracks

when they came to what looked
like a stationary train on the
fourth track.

... Abou crawled under the 35th

: train car of the 60-car train when

it began to move, said Teolis,

The train engine near the old
= bridge had just Started to move to
“Switch cars in the yard before
heading on a trip east,

. Abou was killed instantly, said

Veldman.

‘*This is so tragic bul we can’t
siress enough that the only safe oe

_ pedestrian crossing is the Sande " fy : ‘k

overpass,’ said Veldman. i, 7
While trespassing on railway THE SIGN clearly states “no trespassing” but far too many
“property is a criminal offence, People use the CN rall yard as a pedestrian crossing area, says

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said- Veldman, the woman with CN police officer Bob Teolis. Two weeks ago a young woman

~~ “Abou will not be charged. was killed while trying to cross the tracks. ta a
-” Teolis has caught 150 people
trespassing in the Terrace
- railyards over the last two years.

_. He said this is only a small frac-
-.tion ‘of the actual number of

people who trespass because he
- serves as the only CN police of-
‘ficer - for Terrace, Kitimat,
Smithers and Prince Rupert.

The. RCMP are also able to ar-
Test people trespassing in the
railyards.

“As df last May, trespassing on
“. Yallway property is a criminal of- -
:,fense with a maximum fine of
"810,000 and/or 12 months in-.

‘prison,

“We do not want people on
“railway property because it is a
dangerous place to be and trains
are’ dangerous things to be

“around,’’ said CN spokesman

«, David Dear. ‘‘Accidents like the
one in Terrace happen all too
often.”

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