Old questions raise
after truck spills its

By SARAH A.
ZIMMERMAN
A LOGGING truck driver
‘got off to a rough start on

the'-first day of a new job.

when his truck. toppled
over as he turned north on

‘tothe Sande Overpass

Feb. 17.

And it’s raised new

questions about the suit-
ability of: the overpass for

‘industrial traffic.
cv -The truck dumped its
entire load, liltering logs
across the T-intersection at

- Keith Ave. and the south
Side of the overpass.

“2 The accident happened
\ just-half an hour after the

“driver. was fined far heing
overweight at the weigh
scales’ at the intersection

of: Hwys 37 and 16, says
“Téerrace- RCMP Cnst. Cam
Joseph.

-)/ "He had a violation
ticket just at 10:30 a.m.,”
said Joseph.

_The vehicle weighed

. 52,150 pounds while the

-. allowable weight is 51,600

~.- pounds — a difference of
-. 550 pounds.
~ Joseph. said there was
not enough physical evi-
dence at the scene of the
accident to determine haw
“rfast:the truck was going as
it made the turn.
‘=“The driver is charged
owith driving wilhout due

_-eare and altention under: -
~ the Motor Vehicle Act in

connection with the acci-
“dent.

Fire crews and the B.C.
~' Ambulance Service re-
sponded to the scene.
“o."Perrace deputy fire
~ chief Fred Burrows said
the driver was still in the

vehicle when rescuers ar- -

: rived. —
“A. bystander helped the

“man‘out of the cab and on,

ta the passenger side door
~-which was facing upward,
- Burrows said.

“oa Firefighters braught out’

“a ladder to.help the .man
-down, oo
"He was. taken to Mills
Memorial Hospital for
-- treatment of minor injuries
and nobody else was in-
jured in the rollover.
“Fortunately there were
~~ no-vehicles in the east-
- bound lane or any pedes-

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - A3

NOBODY was seriously injured when this
- of the Sande Overpass and Keith Ave.
- turning north onto the ov

erpass. The acci

Wi ce ae

Feb. 17. The acci

should be allowed to use the Sande Overpass. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

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logging truck toppled over spilling its load across the intersection
dent happened at 11 a.m. as.the driver was
dent has renewed debate over whether or not industrial traffic

aot

trians walking on the side-.

walk al the time of the ac-
cident,” Burrows added..
It’s not the first time a

logging truck has rolled -

over on the overpass.

In the late 1980s two
accidents happened on the
overpass resulting in fala-
lities.

One of those accidents
was very similar to last
week’s, says Jim Lynch
who was a coroner here at
the time. ,

“On that particular one
it was the same kind of
corner. The logging truck
driver was going a lillie
too fast and flipped the

truck and the load slipped

and it came down on top
of an oncoming car and it
killed the person.”

In that accident, the
truck completed the turn
and tipped once it was on

‘the bridge’s

platform,
Lynch said.
In the other logging

truck related accident, a

pedestrian, a young man
was killed after an over-
height truck snagged an
overhead guide wire,

The force snapped a

pole in half which killed.

the pedestrian, Lynch said.

Those accidents spurred
debate as to the design of
the road and whelher in-
dustrial traffic should be
able to use the Sande
Overpass. . ;

- “EL know there was a pe-
destrian fatality a number
of years ago and at that
time the turn was much

sharper than it is now,”
said local transportation:

ministry manager Don
Ramsay.
“The intersection was

redesigned to better ac-

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commodate truck traffic.”
Last week’s accident

‘rekindled the question of

whether trucks should usc
the overpass,

“This is a very serious
matter with these jogging
trucks,” says Terrace resi-
dent Darlene Seymour.

“Why should they have
to go across ihe overpass
anyway, why don’t they re-
route straight through
Keith Avenue?” she
asked, adding trucks
should make turns slower.

But that intersection is
well known for being a dif-
ficult intersection to clear
for trucks towing long
loads.

“Trucks do have some

difficulty going straight
through on Keith because
it takes time to clear the
intersection,” Ramsay
said.

“So from a congestion

point of view it’s. been

identified some time ago -

as a boltle neck.”

One idea officials came .

up with several years ago
was to put a road behind
the Keith Ave. Mali to di-
vert industrial traffic from
the overpass but it was
never acted on.

“The estimated cost of
a diversion like that was
well in excess of $2 mil-
lion and there were issues
with respect to property
and right of way .acquisi-
tion,” Ramsay«said:”" *!

“As Terrace prows ‘and
traffic increases the long
term viability of that inter-
section will be under con-
tinuous review.” ;

But for now, Ramsay
said, the intersection is
adequate as is.

News In Brief

City pays for fireworks .

CITY COUNCIL has agreed to restore its contribu-
tion to the Riverboat Days fireworks display that it
cut last year. ;

‘The city will budget $5,000 for fireworks during
this year, which marks Terrace’s 75th anniversary.

Last year the city eliminated that contribution to
save money after Skeena Cellulose failed to pay
its property taxes. But the fireworks went ahead
after donations were raised to pay for the display.

Councillors say they’re urging volunteers to
again raise money to create a larger than usual
fireworks display worthy of the 75th anniversary
year.

Bus station burglarized

CRIMESTOPPERS is looking for help in invest-
igating a break-in and theft at the Terrace Grey-
hound bus station Feb. I,

A glass door was smashed and culprits entered
the building stealing the overnight float, police
say,

An undisclosed amount of money was taken as-
well as a large number of quarters from video
games in the lobby of the bus station.

Police say extensive damage was done to the
building and video machines during the break-in.

If you have any details about this incident con-
tact Terrace Crimestoppers at 635-8477.

New internist expected

NOTHING HAS BEEN signed yet, but health offi-
cials expect to have an internal medicine special-
ist here by summer.

Northern Health Authority official Cholly Boland
was reluctant to give more details pending com-
pletion of paperwork, but he says a visit earlier this
month by the specialist went very well.

“There’s no reason to believe he won't come
here,” said Boland of the specialist who is now
working in Dublin, Ireland.

The specialist will spend half his time working
at the new. kidney dialysis unit now under con-
struction at Mills Memorial Hospital and the re-
mainder of his time on general internist duties.

This will increase the number of internal. medi-
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nue to look for a third internal medicine specialist.

One leaves, one retires.

HEALTH AUTHORITIES are looking for a new
psychiatrist to replace Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar, who
is leaving for Ontario the end of March.

Dr. Jowhar was one of those recruited several
years ago when health authorities boosted the
number of psychiatrists serving the region to five in
concert with a renovation to the 10-bed regional
psychiatric unit at Mills Memorial Hospital.

Anatomical pathologist. Dr. Alex Enriquez, is re-.
tiring and Northern Health Authority official Cholly
Boland said it will be difficult to replace him.

“We've been very fortunate to have him to have
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Boland.

Enriquez, retired once before, but returned when
a replacement could not be found.

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