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Medical condition likely cause of crash ZERO AVE. ROLLOVER CLOSED ROAD FOR THREE HOURS ON FRIDAY DA N F E R G US ON Time s Re po rte r
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Investigators believe a medical condition caused a single vehicle crash in Aldergrove near the border crossing on Friday afternoon (Sept. 19). A Surrey woman was driving a Dodge Durango SUV on Zero Avenue when the vehicle went off the road on the United States side, rolled over, sheared off a power pole and came to rest straddling the Canada/U.S. border. She was extracted from the vehicle by Langley Township fire department and then transported to Royal Columbian Hospital by air ambulance. The B.C. Ambulance Service had to land in a field on the United States side of the border. The accident happened just after 1 p.m. and the road was shut down for about three hours while Langley RCMP investigated the accident.
A medical condition is believed to have caused this single-vehicle crash on 0 Avenue near the Aldergrove border crossing on Friday afternoon. The vehicle struck a power pole and came to rest straddling the Canada/U.S. border. The driver, a Surrey woman, was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital.
–with files from Gary Ahuja
Excitement in district as new school year begins M O N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Tim e s Re po r t e r
Langley students were back in school on Monday. In a letter to parents and students sent out Thursday morning, Langley School District Superintendent Suzanne Hoffman announced that school would start for all students at the usual start time on Monday morning and end at lunch time.
Teachers ratified the six-year contract their union had agreed to on Thursday. Voting in Langley took place at the Cascades Casino and Convention Centre. School is now back to its normal routines, with students missing the first three weeks of class due to the labour dispute. The half-day non-instructional day planned for Friday, Sept. 26 has been cancelled, and that will be a regular day of
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