LangleyAdvance
Christmas in the Valley Section B
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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Top dollar paid on the spot! A female flagger was the only person injured in a collision between a truck and a train Saturday morning. The incident brought out many emergency responders and halted the trains Saturday. The train cars also blocked off other intersections, such as 200th Street and traffic around the Langley Bypass. Traffic in the area was impacted during the day.
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A woman was airlifted to hospital after a train slammed into a truck in Langley on Saturday morning.
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A woman in serious condition after a truck-versus-train collision on the Langley Bypass Saturday is expected to recover, Langley RCMP say. The accident took place just after 8 a.m., when a train approached and the warning arms came down to block four lanes of traffic.
One of the arms, however, landed on a commercial pilot truck that was being used in connection with the construction of the new BMW dealership, Langley RCMP Sgt. Ravi Pawar explained. A woman quickly jumped behind the wheel of the truck to move it out of the way. Instead of moving free of the tracks, Pawar explained, the truck remained in the path of the oncoming train. The truck was clipped by the train, and was pushed the entire width of the Bypass, and was slammed into an electrical transformer box on the other side of the intersection. Langley City firefighters and BC Ambulance paramedics
arrived within minutes of the crash. Firefighters had to use a hydraulic spreader, also known as “jaws of life,” to pry open the truck’s door and get the woman out. “There was a lot of damage to the vehicle,” said deputy City fire chief Pete Methot. When the air ambulance helicopter left the scene, the woman was conscious, breathing, and suffering from non-life threatening injuries, said Pawar. By Monday morning, the woman’s condition had been upgraded. She is expected to survive and recover, said RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks. The train was broken apart and moved to different sec-
tions of the track while police conducted their investigation. While other rail crossings were re-opened within a few hours, the crossing at the Bypass remained closed most of the day. Firefighters stayed at the scene for several hours to make sure no electrical fires broke out in the destroyed shed. The shed hit by the truck contained electrical controls for the warning arms. Because the controls were destroyed, flag people will be used for a few days to physically block traffic and warn drivers when trains are approaching, Marks said. An integrated crash reconstruction team is investigating the cause of the accident.
Crime
Fake phone workers didn’t fool homeowner A suspicious pair claiming to work for the phone company tried to get into an Aldergrove home. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
An Aldergrove homeowner was rightly suspicious of two men who claimed to be telephone repairmen last week, Langley RCMP say. On Nov. 18, two men appeared at the door of the home and said they were there
to inspect the Telus service package inside. However, the homeowner refused to let them in, and tried to take photos of the two men as they walked away. The resident then called the police. Cpl. Holly Marks said the two men were described as Asian, between 22 and 27 years old, standing about 5’2” to 5’4” tall. Both were wearing black leather jackets and slacks. Marks said Telus repair personnel will always have Telus ID, a business card, clothing with the Telus logo, and a work order or trouble ticket. In most cases, they will have phoned in advance to ensure
there is someone at home and to arrange an appointment. It is very rare for a repairman to show up at a home without the homeowner calling to report a problem, Marks said. A resident who is at all suspicious should call the repair line at 611 and speak to a regional service manager. The same principles apply to most repair services or utility companies. Con men often pretend to work for the power, phone, or cable companies to get access to a home. They will then walk off with whatever valuables they can find when the homeowners are distracted.