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11-25-2013, 07:17 AM
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i wish news reporters can get the facts straight. they keep saying "metrotown" instead of "meadowtown" over and over again.
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11-26-2013, 08:23 AM
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I just found out which specific intersection the accident took place at.
That intersection has Bad visibility not only that people always speed into it when coming into the mall from lougheed hwy.
I've been through that way multiple times and the cars coming in don't stop at the line if they even do stop.
Can't help but wonder now if that was the case with this incident :/
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11-26-2013, 08:32 AM
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I believe it was already stated by police, the driver was driving past the Vancity (southbound-ish?) and was turning left to the exit, hence the investigation the next morning into whether the driver could have been blinded by the sun coming over the liquor store building.
I haven't heard anything as to which way the pedestrians were crossing, but I'd tend to think they were probably southbound in the crosswalk, and so didn't see the van coming from behind.  View Screen Capture
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11-26-2013, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by thumper i wish news reporters can get the facts straight. they keep saying "metrotown" instead of "meadowtown" over and over again. |
News readers are usually fucking morons
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11-26-2013, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Soundy I believe it was already stated by police, the driver was driving past the Vancity (southbound-ish?) and was turning left to the exit, hence the investigation the next morning into whether the driver could have been blinded by the sun coming over the liquor store building.
I haven't heard anything as to which way the pedestrians were crossing, but I'd tend to think they were probably southbound in the crosswalk, and so didn't see the van coming from behind. View Screen Capture |
that's not the intersection they were at (the one you pictured)
its the one next to that one according to this pic anyway 
that's the one closer to the theatres the one you pictured is next to the liquor store
but i haven't been there since it happened so im not sure which one it is exactly now if its the one i pictured that intersection is horrible
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11-26-2013, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by StylinRed that's not the intersection they were at (the one you pictured)
its the one next to that one according to this pic anyway
that's the one closer to the theatres the one you pictured is next to the liquor store
but i haven't been there since it happened so im not sure which one it is exactly now if its the one i pictured that intersection is horrible | That's the exact same intersection. FireShot 103 -.jpg 9023614432.jpg
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11-26-2013, 10:42 AM
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oh man the map in my head is totally off lol i thought vancity was by the boston pizza
edit: ahh mixed it up with the scotiabank
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11-26-2013, 06:46 PM
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Ugh... just found out from a neighbour, that the woman who hit the toddler actually lives in our building  (We suspected, as we recognized the wheelchair van)
She (the driver) has to be one of the most polite, sweetest people I have met in a long, long time. She has a disabled daughter, and is fantastic with her. My wife and I are always left smiling after our breif encounters with the family in the elevators, etc. Such a positive, glass half-full kind of person. Not to mention, her and her daughter help out and fundraise for the Variety children's charity.
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