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Girl rescued after falling down steep ravine Rope rescue required after 12-year-old tumbles down 60-foot embankment MONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
A 12-year-old girl was airlifted to B.C. Children’s Hospital after being rescued from the bottom of a steep ravine in Brookswood on Monday. Langley City fire crews got a call about the girl falling near 204 Street and 43 Avenue, around 3:40 p.m. “We located the young lady about 60 feet down a steep embankment,” said Peter Methot, assistant City fire chief. “We don’t know how or why she fell. But luckily, the crew we had are proficient in rope rescue.” Methot said 20 City firefighters, several paramedics and several Township firefighters helped in the rescue, which involved climbing gear and using ropes attached to the large cedar trees to pull the girl up. She was put in a basket stretcher instead of a regular stretcher to make the rescue possible, he said. Once the girl was safely brought to higher ground, she was airlifted to hospital by a helicopter that had landed in the nearby cemetery at 208 Street and 44 Avenue. She was conscious the whole time, but suffered several injuries including a severe fracture and possible pelvis fracture. She was being checked for possible internal injuries. Methot didn’t have an update on how the girl is doing. He said this was the first time City firefighters trained in rope rescue got to use their skills. “We are very happy with how well the rope rescue went,” said Methot.
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A Langley City fire rescue crew brings out a 12-year-old girl who fell down a ravine near 204 Street and 43 Avenue Monday afternoon. She was airlifted to B.C. Children’s Hospital after suffering a severe fracture and possible pelvis fracture. She was also being checked for possible internal injuries.
Three suspects fingered in Aldergrove home invasion MONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
Two 17-year-old Langley boys and a 22-year-old Abbotsford man will answer to numerous charges involving a violent home invasion in Aldergrove, which saw them take a baseball bat to a young mom’s head, while punching her mother in front of a five-year-old boy. Police are saying the July 29 robbery at a townhouse in the 2800 block of 273 Street was
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targeted and related to a prior drug dealing relationship. On that day, around 8:40 p.m. police were called to the Aldergrove townhouse when several neighbours observed three males wearing hoodies and masks kick in the door of a nearby unit. Once the suspects entered the townhouse, a female was heard yelling for someone to call the police. The 26-year-old female victim was home with her mother and
five-year-old son at the time of the invasion and recognized her attackers, said Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks. Witnesses said two of the suspects had baseball bats while the third carried a handgun. One of the suspects struck the 26-year-old in the head with a baseball bat. The victim’s mother, 51, was punched in the face and threatened with a handgun. The five-year- old was uninjured, said Marks. The three assailants fled in an
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vincial Court on Aug. 28. He can’t be named because he is a youth. A warrant has been issued for the second youth who is charged with break and enter, assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, disguising his face with intent to commit an offence, possession of a weapon and uttering threats. Police have recommended charges against the Abbotsford man but Crown hasn’t approved those yet.
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older grey vehicle. Police arrived in less than five minutes to find the victim bleeding from a cut above her eye. She and her mother were taken to the hospital for treatment. A 17-year-old Langley youth and 22-year-old arrested and a warrant for the arrest of the third suspect, also 17. The first youth has been charged with break and enter and assault causing bodily harm. He has been released from custody and will next appear in Surrey Pro-
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