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Student dies after 3 hit by motorcycle Pedestrians all females who attend Princess Margaret Secondary by Sheila Reynolds
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A Surrey School District staff member comforts a victim after three teenage girls were struck by a motorcycle in the 6900-block of 128 Street on Wednesday. One girl later died in hospital, while a second was in critical condition and a third was in serious condition as of The Leader’s press deadline Wednesday. The motorcyclist was also critically injured and remained in hospital.
COUNSELLORS WERE on hand at Princess Margaret Secondary Wednesday after a student was killed and two other girls were seriously injured when a motorcycle struck them during lunch hour. Police and paramedics were called just before 11:30 a.m. to 128 Street and 68 Avenue. The area is between Princess Margaret Secondary and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. The female pedestrians were all students at the high school. The motorcyclist is not believed to be a student. Police said the motorcycle was driving southbound on 128 Street when it hit the girls, who were crossing the street. The teens and the motorcyclist were unconscious when police arrived on scene. One of the teens and the motorcycle driver were flown to hospital by air ambulance. The student subsequently passed away. The driver was in critical condition as of Wednesday afternoon. The two other teens were taken to hospital by ground ambulance. One was critically injured, while the other suffered less-serious injuries. School district spokesman Doug Strachan said school and district counsellors were at the school to help students and staff deal with the incident, as were RCMP school liaison officers. “It’s certainly a tragedy and our hearts go out to the family,” Strachan said. As of Wednesday afternoon, police said the cause of the crash remained under investigation. It is uncertain whether speed was a factor or whether the pedestrians were in a crosswalk. “We’re trying to establish everybody’s actions prior to the collision – pedestrians as well as the motorcycle driver – to establish a cause,” said Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet.
‘How could my little boy have done this?’ Father of Laura Szendrei’s killer weeps as he addresses court by Kevin Diakiw THE FATHER of the young man who killed a 15-year-old North Delta girl wept as he addressed the court during the final days of the killer’s sentencing hearing this week.
“How could my little boy have done this?” the father said, overcome with emotion as he spoke on a video monitor from another location. “What could make him strike out at anyone, especially when it leads
to a parent’s worst nightmare?” The man’s son was 17 in 2010 when he killed 15-year-old Laura Szendrei in George Mackie Park in North Delta. See DEFENCE / Page 3
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Fifteen-year-old Laura Szendrei was killed in North Delta’s Mackie Park in 2010.
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