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Victim stabbed on stairway Two knife incidents in Mission in as many days
Kevin Mills Mission Record
Mission RCMP continue to investigate a stabbing incident Tuesday afternoon that sent one man to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The incident occurred on Second Avenue at approximately 3:30 p.m. A 28-year-old man was walking up the stairs, between
the Mission Museum and the Mission Community Services building, when the suspect, walking down the same stairway, stabbed him in the left arm. The victim ran away and into the community services building for safety. Rick Rake, a program co-ordinator at Mission Community Services, administered first aid until an ambulance arrived.
“He was just sitting in a chair in our lobby,” said Rake. “We just calmed him down and put disinfectant pads on
RELATED STORY PAGE 5 his wound and waited for the ambulance to come.” A police dog was brought out to try and track the suspect but to no avail. Mission RCMP Sgt. Shaun
Wright told The Record that a suspect has not yet been identified. “A lot of the people that were believed to be there were gone by the time we got there. And some of the ones that remained didn’t have much to say to us. “ That makes it somewhat problematic.” The area on Second Avenue has been the scene of several minor incidents, including van-
dalism and graffiti. Last month Mission council approved constructing an iron fence and extra security cameras around the museum in an attempt to reduce the number of incidents. Rather than a specific crime hot spot, police consider Second Avenue as “part of the whole downtown area which has been Continued on 8
Dewdney bridge sagging, closed down Kevin Mills Mission Record
The Dewdney Slough Bridge was closed Thursday morning after the bridge deck began to sag. As of noon yesterday, the bridge was closed and traffic was being detoured away. There is no timeline on when the damage will be repaired. “It’s just dropped down,” said Gina McMann, who works at the Dewdney Pub. “It’s not like broken and hanging or anything. The railing is cracked and the deck of the bridge is dropped down by, I don’t know, about six inches.” She said the bridge was fine when she arrived for work at 9 a.m. Thursday, but half an hour later, everybody was telling her about the “collapse.” A truck driver reported the A Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure employee examines part of a significant deck sag that has forced the closure of damage after he noticed a dip the Dewdney Slough Bridge. VIKKI HOPES PHOTO in the bridge. On his return trip
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across the structure, the sag was worse. A Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure spokesperson said crews are continuing to assess the bridge and no traffic will be permitted to cross. Ministry staff and contractors have set up a detour to Highway 1. “We know this is a long detour and will inconvenience people. Crews are working as fast as they safely can to assess the scene and do any repair work that might be necessary,” the spokesperson wrote in an email to the Record. “We’ll continue to provide updates through DriveBC on our progress and alternative routes.” The Dewdney Bridge is on Highway 7, just outside of Mission. Watch missioncityrecord.com for updates.
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