A midday motor vehicle acci-
dent on Feb. 18 at the intersec-
tion of Sparks and Lazelle
resulted in extensive damage to a
commercial van and car but only
minor injuries to the driver of the
car, An ambulance crew and First
Responders attended the scene,
but the driver declined transpor-
tation to Mills Memorial Hospital
after being examined by BCAS
paramedics.

The driver of a taxi was
transported to hospital in the
early evening of Feb. 20 after his
cab was rear-ended by a small car
in the 4800 block Lazelle. Accord-
ing to a Mills Memorial spokes-
man, he was released after being
treated in the emergency room.

The driver of an economy-
sized American built car was also
treated and released from hospital
following a single motor vehicle

accident about 40 kilometres west

of ‘Terrace. ‘Terrace’s rescue
vehicle was called to the scene
but according to fire chief Bob
Beckett the driver was out of the
car by the time they arrived.
Beckett described the highway as
being "slippery" at the time of the
incident. The driver apparently
lost contro] and the car came to
rest on its side in a ditch.

What has been reported as a
head on collision between a van
and tractor-trailer unit about 21
kilometres east of Terrace
resulted in the male driver of the
van being flown to Vancouver
General Hospital where he is in
stable condition.

Two ambulances and the
Terrace rescue vehicle attended
the scene. Beckett says the inci-
dent occurred just west of the
Kleanza Creek junction. Following
the collision the van went down a
steep 75-foot embankment on the
west side of the road while the
tractor-trailer unit went over a

45-foot embankment on the oppo-
site side of the road. _

Beckett says a Stokes bucket
stretcher and the rescue truck

winch were required to move the
injured driver up the steep
incline. He said road conditions
were poor at the time of the
crash. The driver of the tractor-
trailer unit was not injured.
Other trauma incidents
attended to by Terrace BCAS
paramedics in the past week
include a pedestrian who twisted
his ankle, an injured Shames
skier who collided with a second
skier, an Uplarids School student
who injured an eye during an
accident in the school gymnasium,
and a women who fell down some

stairs in a local house. All were

treated and released by Mills

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A total of seven people were.
transferred by Terrace
paramedics _ last. week, One
involved an emergency medevac
to Vancouver. Two Terrace people
and a Smithers resident were
transported home following treat-
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In addition, one patient was
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Terrace Review — February 28, 1992