Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 9, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba As local Winnipeg Filihi 2000 get reliable deliveries and reliable gift delivery throughout the Holiday Call Winnipeg main 487 Portage Avenue 7754556 924 am to pm 25 am to pm 26 am to pm Winnipeg West 22 Stevenson Road 9497330 1115 am to pm 16 am to pm 17 pm to pm 1822 am to pm 23 am to pm 24 pm to pm closed any anywhere no plus an additional for 90 Days 1998 Chrysler intrepid 6 0a2035a 1998 Plymouth voyager 6 7 t m a a r 2000 Dodge caravan 6 a a i 1999 Plymouth Neon 4 1994 Dodge caravan 6 6888 1998 Chev Cavalier 4 4 air More j 1997 Chrysler intrepid 6 a Ayr 1996 Plymouth voyager at i 1999 Plymouth voyager 6 cruise t w ave 1999 Dodge stratus 4 4 at 1 1999 Dodge ram 1500 8 1999 Chrysler Cirrus la 4 4 7tc Eastern Dodge Jipp pm Mimi five Star Appeal court weighs troubling Case nine months pregnant teen killed in Accident by Mike Mclntyre the Manitoba court of Appeal is debating whether a lower court judge made a mistake when she acquitted a drunk Driver of any wrong doing in the death of a pregnant teenage Justice Guy Kroft called the Case involving Jose Cabral troubling and said they need time to consider their ver dict after hearing arguments yesterday we All have some discomfort in the Way the trial judge expressed but there has to be something Funda mentally wrong in he despite having More than twice the Legal blood alcohol limit in his was deemed not responsible for the january 1999 tragedy in a ruling by Queens Bench Justice Lea Duval in Leona was struck and killed by Cabral car moments after leaving the health sciences she was nine months pregnant and had just left a prenatal doctors managed to save her baby boy during an emergency he now lives in a special needs Home and requires constant medical Cabral was convicted of driving with a blood alcohol level of Over and received a Fine and a oneyear Dri ving but he was acquitted on six More Seri Ous charges impaired driving Caus ing dangerous driving causing and two counts each of impaired driving causing bodily harm and dangerous driving causing bodily Cabral vehicle was struck by a Tran sit bus As he attempted a left turn on a Green in reaching her Duval cited testimony from an Hsc nurse who witnessed the crash while on her Way to Linda Scurfield testified that Cabral i Brief Chase ends in rollover an unidentified Man is in Hospital Fol lowing a bizarre police Chase near Portage la Prairie at about 1 Portage ramp received several Calls regard ing an erratic Driver on provincial trunk Highway 430 just South of one of the callers told police a red Ford f150 pickup truck was swerving All Over the Road and had nearly collided Headon with another the using a cellular continued to follow the truck and provided updates to police on its police caught up with the vehicle but the Driver refused to pull he turned onto path 248 and headed towards the Tran Canada Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press a woman tries to shield Cabral from cameras outside court had plenty of time to make the turn and said the bus appeared to increase its Speed As it approached the making no attempt to avoid a she contradicted testimony from the 48yearold bus who claimed he hit the brakes and honked his Horn when Cabral suddenly turned into his although the bus had the right of she was an Independent witness with no personal attachment to the the judge said of Scurfield at the she was a truthful witness who tried to give an accurate and it must raise a reasonable doubt As to How the Accident Crown attorney Zane Tessler said Duval made an error in Law by failing to properly consider How Cabral Drunken state would have affected his he argued the fact Cabral was driving drunk on a Slippery Winter Road with pedestrians in the area should automatically result in a dangerous driving conviction at the very and a Chase ensued at speeds in excess of 110 the truck rolled when the Driver lost control of it on a gravel he was extricated from the wreckage and transported to the Grace general hos Pital in Winnipeg in stable teen Falls under bus transit officials and administrators at College Jeanne Sauve Are investigating How a 14yearold student broke his ankle after he fell under a according to school principal Chris the teenage boy was stand ing at a bus Stop at the schools bus Loop after school thursday As one Winnipeg transit bus pulled away from the he slipped off the pavement and fell under the front wheel of a second bus pulling up to the he was taken to childrens Hospi Tal where he was treated for a broken ankle and Advance is closed on Sund we believe that by giving our staff sundays to spend with their family and they will be rested and better Able to provide the level of service you have come to expect from we Hope you understand the reasons for our decision and will continue to favour us when shopping for our Christmas business hours Are to 9pm Mon to Fri saturday until 7pm Christmas Shoppy at Advance saves 1 ;