Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 19, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday August 19, 2006 b1 rate hike sought rising fuel costs Are hurting limousine owners. City business business b4 City editor Steve Pona 697-7292 i Road rage tale with a twist temper Tantrum elicits rapid response time from police s he wanted Tell me a Story about Road rage. With an ironic and troubling twist. This is How the person at the Centre of the Story ? 42-year-old Middle school teacher Kirsten Andersson ? introduced it. Dear or. Sinclair i have been Reading with great interest your columns regarding police response times in Winnipeg Kirsten be mail began. Police have been wrestling with Long Call queues and slow response times according to recent news stories but Kirsten wanted me to know that her experience with a three separate crashes one fatal perimeter collision with Semi kills Man three separate motor vehicle Acci dents in Winnipeg yesterday left one Man dead homeowners shaken and an elderly couple upside Down after try ing to swat a Wasp out of their vehicle. A 23-year-old Winnipeg Man was killed after the car he was driving collided with a Semi truck just before 3 30 . On the South perimeter Highway at Plessis Road. Ramp const. Lance Rayner said the Semi had been eastbound on the perimeter and was making a a turn at the intersection when it was struck by the westbound car. The Driver of the car was taken to Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His name is being withheld Pend ing notification of next of Kin. Rayner said the Driver of the Semi hauling tanks of liquid tar missed his turn onto Lagimodiere Boulevard head ing East so he proceeded on the perimeter to Plessis where he made a a turn. The westbound car collided with the front Axle of the Lead trailer. He said Accident reconstruction experts Are investigating and the Speed of the car was a Factor in the Accident. The Driver of the Semi a 48-year-old Regina Man and his 51-year-old Pas Senger also from Regina were not Hurt. The intersection remained closed until Early yesterday afternoon with traffic rerouted along a service Road. Continued please see crashes b2 response time was very different. It was about 9 . On saturday july 22. She and her passenger were returning Home from dinner at a friends. As they drove Over the Concordia overpass on Lagimodiere Boulevard she noticed a Black truck in her rear View Mirror. She could to help but notice. The Guy was right on her Tail and honking. Kirsten figured he must have thought she Cut him off As she passed him. She said she and her passenger were amused by that because she had to. They were further amused ? they were laughing by now ? because As the truck sped past them the female passenger in the pickup yelled obscenities and gave them the Finger. In not one of my better moments i returned the obscene gesture and ? since this is a fairly common occurrence when one drives in Winnipeg ? we thought that was the end of it was just the beginning. Our amusement soon turned to anxiety when a full cup of Coffee came flying out the window of the by this time Kirsten was ready to take the exit to Grassie Boulevard. She signalled. And immediately realized that was a mis take. It gave the Driver of the truck time to Cut me off before i could enter the turn it also gave him a Chance to Park his truck in front of her mini Sun so neither she nor anyone else could turn off Lagimodiere. Continued please see Road rage b2 ;