Surrey North Delta Leader, December 12, 2013

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Thursday December 12, 2013

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Wheelchair-bound teen with brittle bone disease now out of hospital

RCMP seek charges in hitand-run by Kevin Diakiw JONATHAN FORERO just got home

from hospital on Wednesday, more than a month after being thrown from his wheelchair by a hit-andrun driver. On Nov. 5, Forero, 19, was thrown three metres from his motorized wheelchair when he was struck by the driver, who then fled. The collision occurred around 6 p.m., after Forero and his girlfriend had left Surrey Central SkyTrain Station. They Jonathan Forero were heading down 95A Avenue near 133 Street, and Forero was using the road, as there wasn’t a sidewalk. He remembers being tight to the side of the road, and hearing a car come up behind him. “I felt a big hit… I hit the ground, and I wasn’t unconscious, but I couldn’t move,” he said. The driver sped off. See VICTIM / Page 4

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Has this Guinea pig been naughty or nice?

Santa Claus holds Paws, an eight-month-old Guinea pig owned by Emily Calder, 13, at a Pet Photos with Santa event held Dec. 8 at Scottsdale Veterinary Hospital. The event raised more than $700 for B.C. Guide Dog Services.

Get ready for SkyTrain delays TransLink to expand stations; $164M in upgrades will increase rapid transit capacity by Jeff Nagel SKYTRAIN PASSENGERS are in for three years of construction delays

as TransLink expands seven Expo Line stations to reduce platform congestion and prepare for an influx of new riders connecting via the Evergreen Line from Coquitlam. The biggest disruption from the $164-million project starts early next spring at Main Street-Science World, where most trains won’t stop for up to six months in 2014. Instead, passengers heading to or from Main Street will have to take

a two-car shuttle train, running every 10 minutes, that will take them as far as Waterfront or Commercial-Broadway stations, where they can transfer to regular trains. The other six stations slated for major upgrades are Scott Road, Surrey Central, New Westminster, Metrotown, Joyce-Collingwood and Commercial-Broadway. Jeff Busby, senior manager of infrastructure at TransLink, said those six stations are to remain open during construction, but passengers may be redirected through different entrances. See SKYTRAIN / Page 4

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