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Driver turns himself into police A Surrey woman was struck Monday night by a car By Kevin Diakiw BLACK PRESS
A Surrey woman is clinging to life after being struck by a hit and run driver. On Monday, just before 8 p.m., the 34-year-old woman was struck while crossing 144 Street, near 82A Avenue. The driver of the 2005 Honda Accord fled the s c e n e b u t t wo hours after the accident, a 49-yearold driver from Coquitlam turned himself in to police. It wasn’t until p a s s e r s by s aw the victim lying in the middle of the road that someone called for help. She was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital where she remains in critical condition, with severe trauma to her head, back, neck and internal injuries. Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said it’s just the latest in a troubling trend of hit and runs. “We’ve seen a rise lately in accidents involving drivers choosing not to remain at the scene,” Paquet said. see NO REASON, page 6
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Captain Doug Leaney guides the MV Native up the Fraser River. The paddlewheeler was providing tours of the river Sunday as part of the celebration of Port Coquitlam’s rivers and trails.
Sater trial now underway Charlene Reaveley and Lorraine Cruz were killed in a 2011 crash at Lougheed Hwy. and Pitt River Road By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The trial of a man accused of killing two women in a hit-and-run crash in 2011 opened Monday with a recording of a frantic 911 call made by a friend of one of the victims. Kimberly Moore was driving with Charlene Reaveley and two others when the group wit-
nessed an SUV crash into a median near Lougheed Highway and Pitt River Road. While Moore was reporting the minor accident to police, a loud bang can be heard in the background of the recording and she begins to scream. “Oh no, oh no,”she said. “My girlfriend just got run over. The guy who hit them took off.” The girlfriend Moore
mentions is Reaveley, who along with Lorraine Cruz, the driver of the SUV, was killed instantly when they were allegedly struck by a white Jeep Cherokee, which fled the scene immediately after the crash. Paulo Calimahin, Cruz’s boyfriend, also suffered serious injuries in the collision and his leg was later amputated as a result of the crash. Crown counsel Chris McPherson laid out the case against Cory Sater, the man the prosecution contends was behind the wheel of the Jeep. McPherson told media
outside the courthouse on Monday that the Crown will outline how much Sater allegedly had to drink the night of the crash. “Crown will be presenting evidence from the pub about the number of drinks on the tab, which was six... double rye and cokes... and two Jagerbombs,”he said. The court heard that surveillance video footage allegedly put Sater and a companion at the Village Pub on Lougheed Highway in Burnaby prior to the crash. see CRUZ, page 5
Leading the way A Port Coquitlam company has developed technology to reduce the cost of telescopes, page A3