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2-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday JuIy 29, 2003 vTractor-trailer crash closes 401- for 9 hours E o A truck driver has been cli.srgd p.rn. when it veered su the right and was engulfed in flames. It finally opened Saturday at 3:30 ar. closed tlhe casitti id il wy. 41 l'or Credit OPP. The tractor and trailer were Charged with dangerous opera- c a nine hours Friday. The right fuel tank was ripped destroyed and had to be removed tion of a motor vehicle and drivmng c n t liV 'nic truck was travelling east- open, causing a'major leak of diesel froni thse road in pieces. The casi- with over the legal tiraut of alcohol bouîîd on Hwy. 401, east of fuel on the highway. bound lanes was closed while the in his blQod is a 41 -year-old Nova j Regional Road 25, just before 6:30 The truck then caught fire and scene was cleaned up and was re- Scotia mmn. fo u nIld. -"ý7 MeWe'Il probably neyer know for sure how il ail began. Tha. seems to be the final word now that the Peel Region Health Department bas R E A K IN , N E W S coneluded ils investigation irno the recent E, coli outbreak that sickened some gradu- Now get 0%' Chrysier- flnancing -for 4 Th elHat eatetivsiae mu fond sources and fond handling ai full years on Ram H-eavy uy Plckups, Mississauga's Trillium Banquet Hall where the iII E.C. Drury students dined while samples were tested from food, water, the kitchen environment and food handlers by the Central Public Health Laboratory, the health department said. Despite a thorough investigation, exactly how the food became contaminated could- n't bc identified, the departmient reported T'hursday. "Although we haven't pinpointed how . . . . . .the bacteria came to contamninate the fond served at the banquet hall, the fact that peo- ple who ate at different events at the same banquet hall became ilI with the same strain of E. coli confirms that food served at the hall was the source of infection," said Dr. David McKeown, Peel Region's mcd- ical officer of health, in a press release. The investigation focused on five events held ai Trillium Banquet Hall between June 25 to 29 where people becamne Ill including the E.C. Drury graduation on June 25. In total, 117 people reported having symptoms associated with fond borne ilI- ness. including bloody diarrhea. Eighty- Oive of those reporting illness attended the E.C. Drury graduation at the banquet hall. Forty-six people - 41 from E.C. Drury _à 1ÉàL.have tested positive for E. coli 0157:H7, the health department reported. Dr. McKeown said measures have been iniplemented at the banquet hall 10 reduce the risk of a recurrence. Afier having to prepare fond off-site for a number of weeks, Trillium has now been given the go-ahead to resume fond prepa- ration on site. But Peel health inspectors LU-4 will have an increased presence at the facti- îty for upcoming events. Dr. Bob Nosal, Halton's Medical Officer 1 MIN 11of Health, said its fortuniate there haven't been any cases of hemolytic uremie syn- drome - which can cause severe damage to the kidneys and other organs - arising froni tic E. coli infections. Patnicia DeBaie and her daughter, 19- year old Lewanne, were both waitmng for an answer as to what made Lewanne sick with E. coli. After hearing the conclusion of thc investigation, Patricia was extremely upset. "If Uiey can send a man to Uic moon, Uiey could have found the source," she said. "It's crap. That's how I feel, and so doca my daughter." Meanwhile, the class action lawsuit against TriIliumn Banquet Hall will begin as soon as Uiec daim is issued -which is expected to happen Uiis week. Jennifer ONcîii, who becamne sick after Uic E.C. 887 Drury graduation, is Uic plainfliff. A public meeting with two lawyera from 81~ ON A I ST N.M L O 4 Sutts Strosberg, the 21 -lawyer Oit that's CHRYS ER D DGE EEPhandling the lawsuit, will be held tonight at ainebloc noth o th ý"!t0"6 at Uic Milton Leisure Centre, 1700 Main *, St., for students who contracted E. coli, and their parents.