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Penetanguishene Citizen (1975-1988), 21 Nov 1980, p. 3

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A grinding collision just before noon Tuesday in the heart of Waverley has left one A petition is being FATAL CRASH: Elmvale OPP report 18-vear-old Denise Latanville of Port MeNicoll, a passenger person dead and two others, including a four- month-old baby, in serious condition. F Wreckage tells the aeey circulated these days in -- Waverley calling on Ministry of Tran- sportation and Communications to better -- mark an intersection in the heart of the hamlet which has been the scene ot a _number of major accidents in recent years Tuesday in which an 18-year-old mother promp ts in a car being driven by 18-vear-old Constance Leduc of Victoria Harbour, including this fatal tractor-trailer crash iD the car they ee riding in came. into collision with a traetor- was killed trailor truck at the : estimated lost her lite and tio other people, including ° a four-month-old baby of the deceased was rushed to ne suffering serious injuries. Castleton. etition ' intersection of Highway 93 and the Vasey Road. _ The truck was driven by Alan H. Hancock of Latanville's four-month-old " daug- hter was seriously hurt in the mishap. Both baby and Leduc were rushed by am- bulance to MHuronia District Hospital for treatment. Members of the Flos- Elmvale Fire Depart- ment were called to the scene to extricate survivors and the _ deceased. Police say an $5,000 _ damage occurred as a result of the mishap, the ' first fatal accident in Waverley sinée a new » face-lift occurred to a stretch of Highway 27 and 93 from south of Midland to Waverley. Third time Tuesday's fatal crash was the third time in less than a week that lives have been lost in North Simcoe due to accidents. Last Friday near Waubaushene a man lost his life as a result of a motor-vehicle ac- cident. Saturday just before noon a couple from Thornhill were killed after the Cessna 172 they were flying slammed into a hill-top bush in Tay Township just west of Conc. 6 about two miles south of Victoria Harbour. It is understood no inquest has been planned into the air- plane crash. At the time of the crash the area was in the midst of a snow squall. And although it is believed the same may have been in some part instrumental for the crash, the official cause will not be known until Ministry of Transport officials conclude their investigation into the matter. MSS senior girls win Midland Secondary School senior girls' basketball team are GBSSA champions. They defeated Orillia District Collegiate and Vocational Institute yesterday afternoon in it all MSS' triple gym by a score of 36-32 after coming from behind. Coach Brigg Harvey perhaps said it all when he commented, "I don't believe it!" Friday, November 21, 1980, Page 3 a

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