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nt<Ll4ekend Au*%* l$1r WindsheWdRepaïrs MILTON 876-4785 A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 143 No. 18 Fniday, May 17, 2002 32 Pages 878-2881 $ 1.00 (GST included) v-Hitm.andm.run driver 'at risk of suicide if jaied: psychiatrist By FANNIE SUNSMINE The Champion If the motorist who struck and killed a cyclist on Tremaine Road August 14 believes he's abandoning bis son by going to jail, he'11 be at high risk of corn- mitting suicide, a psychiatrist told Milton court Monday. On the sentencing of Paul Carroll, Dr. J. Paul Fedoroff testified the 30-year-old Brampton man doesn't pose a threat to others but if forced to serve time bebind bars, be might be a risk to bimself. "If be believes he's abandoning bis son, jusi like bis father did wben be commitied suicide, belIl be ai a higher risk of suici- dality," the Ottawa psycbiatrist îold Ontario Court (provincial division). vMarket set to open at Town Hall Witb tbe ongoing re-constmuction of Main Street, the Milton Farmers' Market bas retumned 10 its roots for opening weekend. More than 15 vendors will set up sbop in tbe Town Hall parking lot on Mary Street tomorrow beiween 7 a.m. and noon to selI a variety of goods and produce. -Il (market) usedcto bc in tbe Town Hall parking loi until we moved to Main Street in 1990," explained Sandy Martin, exec- otive direcior of the Milton Chamber of Commerce. *'For I18 years, il was in tbe Town Hall parking loi. Thai's tbe logîcally location for il to be (this year).- The market will remain in tbe Town Hall lot untîl ibe Main Street projeci is coinplete - xpecied by laie nexi monih or early July -after ssbîcb il wîll reiurn 10 tbe streei. The market sill close October 26. He also said the accident brought back the trauma Mr. Carroll experienced when be saw his faiber kili imself by jumping off a balcony 12 years ago. Atier his father died. court beard, Mr. Carroll suffered fromt post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), wbich Dr. Fedoroff described as "a reaction to com- ing face to face with death." He testified Mr. Carroll showed traits of PTSD after the bit-and-run accident, wbich claimed the life of competitive cyclisi Jacek Wierzbicki, 41, of Etobicoke. He said PTSD can be treated with ther- apy and medication. At the time of the accident, Mr. Carrol -who pleaded guiliy in March to dan- gerous driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene of an accident - was driving to bis ex-wife's home in Carlisle to pick up their 8-year-old son. He was travelling on Tremaine Road, just north of Derry Road. at about noon wben he struck Mr. Wierzbicki - who was pronounced dead at the scene. see CROWN on page 19 Comment ........6 HS Report.......8 Lit estyles..13-14 Dateline ....... 20 Sports...... 22-24 Classit ied .... .25-30 eFrlday, May 17 e *A&P' ShoPpers DOno Mari'* zlien' *M&M Muai0' 'ristellos Village Mankiet' é Canadian Tire'*# Regal'*è Gorwmark' e Home Hardware' 'The Building Box'a'Garage Sale/Carners Promo' 'Sears' sWhite Rose* e'Radio Shack' *seiecied areas ow5y Wallace Pontiac has seyyiee... On te Oo' Let Wallace Pontiac Service work on your car while you GO lna-'rd to work. Park in our convenient reserved parking area. FI sdY Fi ota .eric1iformation nelp IItl nsd te .EASY! CON'VENIENT! 1 # andWoflace Ponc is ire Milton GO Station and we wilI pick your vehicle up by 9am. hnyune our car wiII be ready when you are!