Salmon Arm Observer, June 13, 2012

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Man swept away by current Seymour River: Search continues for Andrew Wilson of Salmon Arm.

By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF

Chase RCMP and other agencies continued a land and air search Tuesday for 24-year-old Andrew Wilson of Salmon Arm, who has been missing since he was swept downstream in the Seymour River Monday afternoon. At around 4:35 p.m. Monday, Chase RCMP received a report that a man had been caught by currents while swimming. Reports indicate that on the morning of June 11, two men, Wilson and a friend, who is also in his 20s, travelled to Seymour Arm for a day hike to Seymour Falls. The two young men were due back in Salmon Arm at 3 p.m., notes an RCMP news release. “At some point in the afternoon, one of the men jumped into the Seymour River to cool off and was swept down river,” reads the release. “The man’s friend made his way to the nearest logging road and flagged down a grader operator, who in

LACHLAN LABERE/OBSERVER

Peony pruning Hazel Brooks finds peonies to clip at the Runaway Moon Peony Tea Party held Sunday at Curly Willow Farm in Grindrod. For more images of the festivities, see A4.

See Helicopter on page A2

Father, daughters killed in crash By Tracy Hughes OBSERVER STAFF

Three Sorrento residents were killed and two more remain in hospital after a head-on collision in Rosetown, Sask. Sunday afternoon. Doug Janzen, 47, and his daughter Alli, 19, died at the scene of the collision, while Cassidy, 13, was taken to hospital first in Rosetown and then to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, where she succumbed to her injuries. The two other family mem-

bers in the car remain in hospital. Patricia Janzen is in critical condition, while her 16-year-old son Cody is injured but RCMP report he is expected to make a full recovery. RCMP say at approximately 12:20 p.m. a westbound car being driven by Doug attempted to pass a semi-truck and collided head-on with an eastbound SUV. “There were heavy rains here Saturday and Sunday and it was raining quite hard at the time of the crash. It appears the spray

off the semi was quite heavy and obscured the driver’s visibility,” says Sgt. Ian Skinner of the Rosemont RCMP detachment. Skinner notes all five members of the Janzen family were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash. “There were no ejections, but damage to their vehicle was extreme.” Two occupants of the eastbound SUV, a 56-year-old man

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Tragedy: Cassidy, Patricia, Alli, Cody and Doug Janzen in a See Shuswap on page A2

This week Equestrian Rebecca Howard will be Salmon Arm’s latest Olympian. See more on A21. The Shuffle Demons will bookend 20 years of Roots and Blues. See more on A26.

family photo from Alli’s 2011 SAS graduation.

Index Opinion ....................... A6 View Point .................. A7 Life & Times ............... A8 Sports.....A21-A25Arts & Events .............. A26-A29 Time Out................... A30 Vol. 105, No. 24, 48 pages


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