A MERCURY Cougar was ¢ damaged after a tractor broke loose from the trailer on which it was being transported on the southside Nov. 24. Also damaged was a Corvette. The accident was one of nine to take place over the course of three days in the Terrace area. PHOTO COURTESY TERRACE FIRE DEPARTMENT Tractor strikes a car and truck hits a car in bizarre accident By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN TWO VEHICLES were damaged and a truck ended up perched on the bank of the Skeena River Nov. 24 after a driver suf- fered what police are calling a “medical incident.” The man was behind the wheel of a 1996 pick-up truck and was towing a farm tractor on a trailer. He was turning left off of South Kalum onto Graham Ave. when the tractor broke loose from the trailer and struck a red 1991 Mercury Cougar which was travelling behind it, RCMP Constable Natasha Stultz said. The man’s truck then continued on Graham, striking a third vehicle — a 1984 grey Corvette — near the intersection of Kerr St. and Graham before coming to a stop on the bank of the Skeena River. “It. didn’t submerge in the river it was on the bank,” Stultz said. “He didn’t suf- fer any injuries from the motor vehicle accident, just from the medical situation he was in.” And two local teens are lucky to be alive after the car they were in plumme- ted 200 feet down the embankment of Kalum hill adjacent to Terraceview Lodge, also on Nov. 24. “They were both wearing their seat- belts and that’s probably the most impor- tant because they both suffered minor in- juries,” said Stultz. Police, ambulance and Terrace Fire Rescue crews were called to the scene after shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 24. ' The accident is believed to have hap- pened after the driver, a tecn-aged girl, reached down to adjust the heat in the vehicle, Stultz said. The blue 2002 Honda Civic is a complete write-off. The accidents were just two of nine crashes emergency crews altended over the course of three days. The flurry began Friday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. when rescue crews were called to a car-moose collision 24 kilometres west of Terrace on Highway 16. Later that night, at approximately 9:25 p.m. the fire department’s assistance was requested at the 5400 block of Centennial Dr. for a pick-up truck which had flipped over. : Saturday, Nov. 23 saw a second roll- over, this time 50km west of Terrace on Hwy 16 shortly before 8:30 a.m. Police were called to another accident just two hours later at the intersection of North Eby St. and Spring Creek Dr. A woman, 28, hit black ice at the cor- ner, stepped on the the brakes, spun around 180 degrees and went off the road into the ditch, said Stultz. The woman suffered minor injuries and the vehicle’s damage added up to about $1,000. Emergency crews were called back to the same spot just before 2 p.m. that same day. A pick-up truck had left the road, rolled about 30 feet down an embankment landing in the creek on its wheels, said Terrace deputy fire chief Fred Burrows. Rescuers had to use the jaws of life to help get the driver out of the vehicle. The roof had caved in, trapping the driver in- side. That evening, at 5:55 p.m. the rescue truck was called to another car accident at the top of Zymacord Hill, 13 kilo- metres west of Terrace on Hwy 16. And just after 3 a.m. Nov. 24 fire crews went to a single vehicle accident about 30 kilometres east of Terrace on Hwy 16, Police and fire department officials are reminding people to drive with extra care and attention as the winter season draws near. “People need to be aware that roads are icy,” said Stultz. “] think a lot of the time the roads look bare but there is actually a layer of ice there.” Four Categories Best Home Best Apartment/Mobile Best Commercial Display. 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