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Missing men may have crashed into Findlay Creek Searchers find personal items at site but as of press time no sign of vehicle or occupants Townsman Staff
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An aid station comprised of members with the Cranbrook Society for Community Living hands out water to racers during the 20th annual Wasa Triathlon on Sunday, June 9. See Page 9 for a special photo feature.
Crash trial begins in Cranbrook Trial underway three years to the day after the death of Jaffrayâs Ian Shepherd Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff
A trial has begun in Cranbrook for a Jaffray man charged with criminal negligence over the death of 23-year-old Ian Shepherd in June 2010. Kyle Neidig, 26, has
been charged with criminal negligence causing death, impaired driving causing death, and causing an accident resulting in death after a motor vehicle incident just outside Cranbrook three years ago.
Neidigâs trial is scheduled for Monday, June 10 to Thursday, June 14, followed by a second week in several months, September 9 to 12. In her opening remarks about the witness testimony set to be
given at the trial, Crown prosecutor Lianna Swanson told Judge Grant Sheard that the two young men, who both lived in Jaffray, came to Cranbrook together on the evening of Thursday, June 10, 2010.
They went to the Mount Baker Hotel, and later to Shotgun Willyâs. Soon after 2 a.m. Friday morning, they left the nightclub and dropped off two female friends in Cranbrook.
See TRIALâ, Page 4
Search and Rescue teams have found evidence that a vehicle ran off the road into a creek near the area where two young men went missing Saturday. Stephen Thomson, 21, of Canal Flats, and Nicholas Hoefnagels, 18, from Carstairs, Alberta, left their campsite at Whitetail Lake around 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 8. At around 2:30 a.m. Sunday when they hadnât returned, friends phoned RCMP. A search began early Sunday morning, with Search and Rescue teams from Kimberley and the Columbia Valley joining RCMP for the operation. According to an RCMP statement, at around noon on Sunday search teams found a spot on Findlay Creek Forest Service Road where a vehicle had left the road, with tracks leading down a steep embankment into Findlay Creek. A Search and Rescue rope team combed the area and found personal items belonging to the subjects on the bank of
the creek. After the discovery, the search focused on downstream of this spot on Findlay Creek, using a helicopter as well as ground search teams. However, a statement from RCMP Monday morning said there is no sign of either the vehicle the missing men were driving or the men themselves. âCurrently the water levels are very high which makes searching difficult. The area around the creek is steep and rocky, limiting access. The visibility is low. The RCMP dive team has been involved but the flow of the water is too fast to safely put divers in the water,â said Cpl. Chris Newel of Kimberley RCMP in a statement. âFriends and family gathered at the site during the search. Victim Services assisted them in dealing with situation,â said Cpl. Newel. Findlay Creek Forest Service Road meets Highway 93/95 west of Canal Flats and leads to Whitetail Lake and the Blue Lake Centre.
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