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Community mourns women Simone Blais sblais@thenownews.com A trust fund has been set up to help the family of a woman who was killed while helping others this weekend. Twenty-six-year-old Lorraine Cruz had been driving with her boyfriend, 28-year-old Paulo Calimahin, in a Nissan Pathfinder just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday when the vehicle crashed at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Pitt River Road. The Port Coquitlam woman and her
boyfriend got out of the car, and another couple stopped to see what happened. Charlene Reaveley, 30, and her husband, Dan, were helping the pair after the crash when things turned for the worse. As the foursome were standing outside the Nissan at the Coquitlam intersection, a 1995 white Jeep Cherokee ran down both Cruz and Reaveley. They were killed instantly, and police say Dan Reaveley witnessed the impact. Calimahin was also hit, and was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Police found the suspect vehicle located a few kilometres
away, and they seized the Jeep for forensic evidence that morning. Coquitlam resident Cory Sater, 37, was arrested on Sunday after police appealed for information from the public or for the driver to turn themselves in. Sater has been charged with 10 counts under the Criminal Code, including two counts each of dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving causing death and causing an accident resulting in death. The remaining charges are failing to stop at an accident, impaired
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Lorraine Cruz, 26 (left), and Charlene Reaveley, 30, were killed in an alleged hit-and-run on Saturday.
Coquitlam concerned over bus cut plans John Kurucz jkurucz@thenownews.com Is it a move in the right direction or a case of taking one step forward before taking two steps back? That was the feeling among some Coquitlam councillors Monday, as council approved an ambitious transportation plan that aims to have 30 per cent of all trips in the city made by foot, transit or bicycle by 2031. While that goal was seen as laudable, the spectre of cuts to bus service in Coquitlam come April clouded the debate. “If we don’t have reliable bus service, it’s almost the same as not having any because if people can’t count on it, they won’t use it,” Mayor Richard Stewart said in an interview Tuesday. Stewart was responding to a suggestion made Monday night by Coun. Brent Asmundson, who said service cuts to the Nos. 151 and 169 routes will be a reality by midApril. CONT. ON PAGE 10, see TRANSLINK.
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BURGERS UP: Sarah Engleson volunteers with Mr. Mikes Steakhouse & Bar at a tailgate party just before the Coquitlam Express game held on Friday. The event was a fundraiser for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, which raffled off prizes including Express and Canucks memorabilia. A lively performance in the parking lot of the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex by The Matinee entertained the long lineup of people looking to donate to the foundation in exchange for burgers.
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