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From: kjchapman@wateng.UUCP (Kevin J. Chapman)
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Subject: Re: Fear & Loathing on the Highways
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 09:20:56 EDT
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	This is the latest news on the Calgary bike deaths.  The whole
   thing is rather gruesome, and I won't post any more updates if no-one
   is interested in following the story.  The only response I have received
   so far was a request to continue the postings...

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 reproduced, without permission, from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record (Sept 7)


	Driver's anonymity irks mother of killed cyclist

	CALGARY(CP) - The mother of a teenage girl killed when a car
	mowed down a group of cyclists along the Trans-Canada Highway
	wants to know why the driver is young enough to remain anonymous
	under the federal Young Offenders Act, but old enough to get a
	driver's licence.
		A 17-year-old youth was charged Friday with dangerous 
	driving and careless driving in the July 29 incident.  Three
	cyclists were killed and six people injured.
		"They should be treated as adults if they're performing
	a so-called adult function," said Cathy Mugford of Calgary.
		Her daughter Joanne, 13, had stopped for a brief roadside
	rest with 18 other members of a cycling tour when a westbound car
	veered into the group.
		Stephanie Trono, 14, of Calgary and Diane Hill, 15, of the
	San Francisco area, were also killed.
		RCMP at Cochrane, about 30 kilometres west of Calgary,
	started a month-long investigation that prompted complaints from
	some impatient parents.
		Police handed their report to Alberta Attorney-General 
	Neil Crawford in late August, but charges were not laid until 
	Friday, five weeks after the tragedy.
		The 17-year-old Calgary driver is scheduled to appear in
	court Oct. 17.
		The Young Offenders Act guarantees the anonymity of the
	accused.  If convicted, the youth faces a maximum penalty of two
	years in jail for dangerous driving.  A careless driving conviction
	could net six months imprisonment under Alberta legislation.
		John Scrimshaw, Crawford's executive assistant, defended the
	length of the investigation, saying police needed five weeks to 
	contact all the witnesses.  Some were from out of town, while others
	were away on holidays.
		Marge Hill, mother of Diane Hill, argued for tougher charges
	and the threat of a longer jail term.
		"But no matter what the charges, there's still three 
	beautiful people who are dead," Hill said.

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                          Kevin Chapman
                          Computer Communications Networks Group
                          Waterversity of Uniloo
                          'Loo, Ont., Canada