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Fatal crash raises road concerns
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turned right, and just drove off the road.” That stretch of Stave Lake An 18-year-old Mission lacrosse Street is a dangerous one, said player was killed last Saturday in a single-vehicle crash on Stave Evans-Young, whose claim was Lake Road, just north of Ferndale echoed by others on Facebook this week. Avenue. She is organizing an online Mikey James Vukovic was a top scorer with the Ridge Meadows petition to draw attention to Burrards intermediate A team Stave Lake Street, which she describes as “notorious in Misand popular among his peers. Saphira Evans-Young described sion for speeding.” She believes her friend as a “nice guy,” who the “bumps” in the road need to be fixed, and she is cracked jokes and made encouraging drivers to everyone smile. be careful and courThey both attended teous. The petition is Mission Secondary available at www.ipetiSchool and became tions.com/petition/fixfriends this past year stave-lake-street. in English class, despite According to ICBC past differences. statistics, one crash “He changed the way was reported at that I looked at things,” said VUKOVIC intersection last year, Evans-Young. “He taught me you have to forgive to be and there have been three others since 2009. happy.” Mission Mounties say there has Evans-Young said she felt horrible when she heard about not been a fatality recorded in the her friend’s death on the day it area in the past 10 years. In comparison, the intersection occurred. Memories of her own collision about a year earlier at at Cedar Valley Connector and the same location came flood- Lougheed Highway was Mission’s ing back. She was a passenger highest crash location in 2013 in a car last fall when the driver with 89 reported incidents. Last weekend’s fatal accident “came around the corner on CONTINUED ON 3 (Ferndale Avenue) a little funky, MISSION RECORD
Jail and bail Pam Alexis, Carol Hamilton and Bronwen Sutherland were put behind bars to help raise money for Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley this past weekend. The trio raised more than $1,500 during the Jail and Bail event outside Save on Foods, which was held in conjunction with the annual pole sit. All money raised supports kids with cancer and their families. For more information about the Canadian Cancer Society, visit cancer.ca. BOB FRIESEN PHOTO
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