Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 16, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jim 2001 local As stolen Van rams hits building battered victim recovering at Home by Bruce Owen Joe Brazeau was trying to get a jump on a weekend camping trip Early yesterday when a speeding stolen Van slammed into his Small knocked him out and nearly killed i was just driving to a friends House and he hit me from a battered and bandaged Brazeau said in his Boniface about an hour after his release from me hit me so i was out like a i dont remember anything at a 46yearold alarm services is the latest innocent casualty in Winnipeg ongoing epidemic of stolen last six people were killed and 54 were injured in accidents involving stolen costing about Mil lion in medical five of the injured suffered permanent brain or spinal Brazeau was driving his 1990 Nissan sentry at about East on Logan Avenue after coming off the Slaw Bebchuk Bridge when he was rear ended by a stolen Ford Van trying to avoid officers had called off their Pursuit seconds earlier because of wet Road conditions and because the Van was travelling too Winnipeg police spokesman Bob Johnson said police spotted the Van after getting reports of a vehicle driving erratically in the area of Sherbrook and the which had been stolen from a Higgins Avenue address at about took off East on Logan at about 80 near Fountain and it hit Brazeau and sent his car flying into a Telephone the Van careened across the jumped the curb and crashed into Ace Auto it destroyed a Corner of the building and sent an explosion of bricks into Lizzie police say a bleeding Brazeau climbed out of his crumpled vehicle through the rear but Doest remember any Ken Gigotti Winnipeg free press Ken Gigotti Winnipeg free press Joe favours his injured which suffered a severed Tendon and ligament to his while Ace Auto electric owner Sig Sobczak examines the damage to his Logan Avenue estimated at vans and drive on the in just sick and tired of All of this car thievery and drunk he police internal statistics show Winnipeg police get in fewer High Speed Pur suits than police in other Canadian More than half of those involve chasing kids in stolen most chases in the City occur Between mid night and 3 and average speeds of Rescue Crews had to Call for the jaws of life to free i was just that close from being a he its scary because i dont have any recollection of i guess in extremely there Are people out there who Are stealing cars and All i got to say is watch out the next time the life you take maybe your police say the 25yearold Driver of the stolen Van was arrested at the he was not Hes charged with driving refusing a Breatha fleeing driving without a licence and breach of Ace Auto electric owner Sig Sobczak said his building received More than the repair plus the replacement Cost of both will be paid by Manitoba Public Ace employee Greg Kasterko used the boarded up Hole in the Wall to spread a message to any potential car he Spray painted dont drink and steal 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