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Crash kills five family members Vehicle carrying two children and three adults was sheared in half in collision by Tracy Holmes FIVE MEMBERS of a Newton family are dead following a devastating crash at 176 Street and 32 Avenue Sunday. It occurred around 11 a.m., when a white Dodge Caravan travelling on 32 Avenue struck a small, dark car that was northbound on 176 Street. The collision sheared the car in half, flipped the minivan onto its roof and scattered debris for hundreds of metres. “We’ve got a father whose two kids, wife, mother and sister – all gone,” a Surrey RCMP spokesman said Monday. The victims – a three-year-old girl, her five-year-old brother, their mom, aged 31, their aunt, 47, and their grandmother, 68 – were travelling in a small, dark car when they were struck as they passed through the intersection. The impact was so destructive, police could not immediately determine the make or model of the car. “One of the most horrific scenes I’ve ever seen,” Sgt. Dale Carr said at the crash site, citing speed as a clear factor. “There are pieces of evidence where pieces of evidence shouldn’t be.” Police are investigation witness reports that allege the van went through a red light. The driver, a man in his 40s, was airlifted to hospital in serious condition. The investigation is ongoing, and it remained unclear at The Leader’s press time if a medical condition may have played a role in the collision. Nearby resident Fabio Nicoli told CTV the impact of the two vehicles shook his house. “All you hear is bam, a bomb go off. The house vibrated,” he said. Nicoli described the aftermath as a scene that made him want to cry. “Just seeing a little baby, seeing when they were covering the body,” he said. “I was sitting there with one of the firefighters and he was bawling.”
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Surrey firefighters and paramedics remove the only surviving victim from the scene of a dramatic two-car crash that killed five people at the intersection of 176 Street and 32 Avenue on Sunday.
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Getting teens talking about a tough topic Surrey Women’s Centre partners with Surrey students to develop online questionnaire on sexual assault by Sheila Reynolds SEXUAL VIOLENCE. Consent. Rape.
They’re uncomfortable topics for people of any age to discuss. But the Surrey Women’s Centre (SWC) is hoping its latest partnership with students from two local high schools will get youth to put aside the awkwardness and embarrassment
and talk about sexual assault. “They need to start discussing what they know and don’t know, to avoid finding out the hard way,” said Quinn, a student at Guildford Learning Centre. (Last names of students have been withheld for their privacy). Located online at www.i-will.ca, the interactive social media campaign contains a gritty online quiz based on
real experiences of sex, violence and relationships. Aimed at teens aged 13-18, it asks multiple choice questions about what sexual assault is, identifying sexist advertising, myths about the meaning of consent and gender comparisons. See BOYCE / Page 4
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