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PUBLIC SAFETY Duo worked to sve woman from ere Top cops celebrated at annual gala BY com Const Chris Saumure describes the way the radio call came through as routine simi lar to one any other officer could receive But there was nothing ordinary about the way he and Const Anthony respond ed after a crashed and plunged into a creek Dec 27 The officers were heralded for their brav ery during the York Regional Police apprecia tion gala Thursday I feel honoured to be recognized said Const Saumure who served with the 1st Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment for about six months in Afghanistan before joining York police was doing my job Ive always felt the need to serve Before the call came in a 52yearold woman and her 18yearold daugh ter were on their way home after shopping While on Road near Huntington Road along a hilly stretch of wet road the 52 yearold woman lost control of the minivan and the vehicle veered onto the gravel shoulder police said The vathen began to spin and hit a tree before leaving the ground police said After plunging about six metres 20 feet the minivan landed upside down and broke through about eight centimetres three inch es of ice laying atop a creek bed A 55yearold man who pulled over when he was flagged down by witnesses rushed to the van and tried to remove the 18yearold woman who was trapped in water that had reached her neck The Good Samaritan was able to get her free and to the bank of the creek As the chaos unfolded Const Saumure ALSO HONOURED Const Donald Herbert H Carn egie Award Staff Sgt Shelley Rogers outstanding to the community Meredith Woodland Dickie Giuseppe Tracotto and Todd Woods excellence in polking civilian recognition award said he arrived to the scene at the same time as Const Const Saumure said he was ready to go into the water to help the trapped mother but Const veiled at him to stop and tied a safety rope around him Its really training adrenaline and instinct taking over he said of what he was thinking at the time She needed to be saved Const Saumure tried opening the drivers door and smashing out the windows With the help of paramedics firefighters and two truck drivers the van was pulled from the water and the woman rushed to hospital Tragically the woman died a few hours later We tried our best Const Saumure said adding officers never know what the next call will bring Meanwhile several officers who worked on a highprofile armoured truck theft inves tigation in Oak Ridges were also recognized during the gala for excellence in policing INDIAN RIVER DIRECT TRUCKLOADSALE APRIL 261 00PM topsoil aggregate delivery BUY 3 YARDS GET 1 YARD OF SOIL PICK UP YOUR OWN AT McCowi TOPSOIL TRIPLEMIX TOP DRESSING WOOD MULCH SAND LIMESTONE GRANITE PRODUCTS GRAVEL PRODUCTS LANDSCAPE ROCKS Mondsy Friday 7am5pm Saturday FLOYD ETON LIMITED wwwfloydprestonlimitodca EVERYTHING MUST GO FINAL WEEK CLOSING SALE AURORA LOCATION EVERYTHING IN THE STORE Prices go into effect Monday April PER METRE OR UNIT EVERYTHING MUST GO DOORS CLOSE FOREVER APRIL 30TH Excluding promotional goods special purchases sale priced items Look for the red sale tags Sale goods sold asis All sales final AURORA LOCATION ONLY 2 ALLAURA BLVD Hours MonFrt 9 Sat 9 30am6pm Sun