LangleyAdvance Thursday, August 8, 2013
Breaking news, sports, and entertainment: www.langleyadvance.com
Audited circulation: 40,026 – 24 pages
#SO9844
O N LY
99
$
B IW EE K LY
778-292 -5706 A p p l “It’s all good ewood KIA at Applewood! 1 9764 LA
”
NGLEY BY $99 Biweekly Bas PASS is $5,900 plus tax ed On The MSRP $18,750 @ exactly as illustrat es & fees. Vehicle may not be 0% Over A 60/84 Term, residual ed.
Don’t Break the Bank
0%INTEREST
DL#30728
080813
Your community newspaper since 1931
BRAND NEW 20 13 SOUL
Torch welcomes athletes
LOANS AUGUST ONLY*
*On new loans for August only
Lesley Maudsley, Legion Host Chair, and Karen Crashley, BC/Yukon Legion Ladies Auxiliary president, held the torch carved from a single piece of ash during a Wednesday afternoon press conference for the 37th annual Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships. The event is taking place at McLeod Athletic Park from Friday to Sunday (Aug. 9-11). The torch was carved by an inmate in the Lower Mainland. Below inset: Lynn Kanuka, who captured bronze for Canada in the 3,000m race at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, spoke during the ceremony at Trinity Western University. Over the weekend, athletes from across Canada in the 14 to 17 age group will compete in a variety of events. For the schedule visit www.yo.ca/ events/.
ANNIVE R SALE ON SARY NOW! See page 3 in today’ s Super Shop per.
STOP BY TODAY!
604-534-8845
20369 56 Ave., Langley (Behind the Baseline Pub)
Langley Environmental Partners Society presents
Troy Landreville/Langley Advance
Police investigation
Driver located after fatal hit and run Langley Demonstration Garden at the Derek Doubleday Arboretum www.leps.bc.ca @LEPS_Langley
A man was killed in a hit and run on the Langley Bypass just after 3 a.m. Wednesday. by Matthew Claxton
mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
Solving Transmission, Differential, Clutch & 4x4 Problems Since 1963 FREE Road Test & Computer Scan! To Book Your Appointment Scan with
5965 200th St. 604-530-7321
www.mistertransmission.com/Langley
The driver of the vehicle allegedly involved in a fatal hit and run on the Langley-Surrey border is an expert civilian witness who works on police accident investigations. At about 3:10 a.m. on Aug. 7, a large truck with no trailer slammed into a pedestrian in the 19500 block of the Langley Bypass, just on the Surrey side of the municipal border. The truck was in the curb lane and headed eastbound into Langley when it hit the man, said Cpl. Drew Grainger, spokesperson for the Surrey RCMP. The truck did not stop. Witnesses at the scene said the pedestrian appeared to be in the
Arts Alive!
Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance
Police and firefighters blocked off the Langley Bypass for five hours to investigate. roadway at the time of the hit vehicle. and run, Grainger said. Grainger The driver was brought in could not say if the man was tryfor questioning, and it emerged ing to cross the street at the time that he regularly works with of the collision. law enforcement and public The victim is a 37-year-old safety agencies around the Lower man, whose name has not been Mainland, said Grainger. released as police were still Only hours earlier, the same working to contact his family. man had been working with Grainger could not say where the the Surrey RCMP’s own Traffic man lived. Section on an ongoing investigaPolice issued a description of tion. the blue and silver older-model Because of his connection to semi tractor, and announced by the force, the RCMP requested early in the afternoon that they an independent observer from believed they had located the another police force come in to
Saturday, August 17… 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
monitor the investigation. The Surrey Criminal Collision Investigation Team and the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) worked together to examine the scene and determine exactly what happened, said Grainger. The bypass was closed from shortly after the time of the accident to just after 8 a.m. to all traffic west of Fraser Highway, in both directions. By 12:30 p.m., Surrey RCMP announced they had located the truck believed to be the one that hit the pedestrian. They had spoken to witnesses and also found local video surveillance footage of the scene of the death. Grainger said investigators need to establish a timeline for both the driver and victim to piece together what actually happened. Anyone with further information is asked to contact Surrey RCMP Traffic Services at 604-5990502 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 (TIPS).
Local art of every stripe is showcased annually in a festive celebration of the arts in Downtown Langley City. This year, free ‘Goody Bags’ will be handed out to the first 500 people to show up at Art’s Alive!