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economist suntribune whitchurchstquffvill3e thursday april 18 2002 j5 by joan ransberry staff writer despite a valiant rescue attempt by two men a fiery crash in the community of vandorf claimed the life of at least one person wednesday morning the centre for forensic science in toronto has been called upon not only to deter mine who but how many people died in the crash and fire in the rural whitchurchstouffville community said york regional police const steve morrell we dont know if one or two people have died in the truck said const morrell this is a dif ficult case a pickup truck travelling westbound on vandorf road hit the cn railway bridge abutment at woodbine avenue burst into scene too flames arid exploded killing at least one occupant said whit- church- stouffville fife chief bill brown the truck was a ball of flames when we arrived said chief brown before firefighters or the police responded frank said owner of jrs auto services and a friend joe pignatelli made a desperate attempt to rescue what they believe to be one occupant from the inferno rescuers frank said vandorf repair shop owner tried to extinguish fire mr said reported that he was at his place of business across from the bridge when he heard a loud impact it was the truck hit ting the railway bridge my friend and i heard the impact then we heard the first explosion and then the next two i called 911 grabbed my three fire extinguishers and ran towards the accident about 200 yards away we tried to help but the extinguishers were too small there was nothing we could do the flames were jumping too high and it was so hot the smoke was so thick and black we were forced back by the heat it was too late we couldnt help the truck was fully engulfed by the time we arrived said chief brown all we could do was stop the trains -jpl- woueffiqi lprlfitttatxii 4orfebmtepsy 2002 podge ram 1500 quadcab4x4 leather seats 20 aluminum wheels sports group fog lamps frailer tow security alarm amfmcd air conditioning o cruisetilt power driver seat keyless entry power windowslocks power mirrors antispin differential month with 1500 down financing for 36 months we have 2 in stock now ready to roll pst gst apply to lease payments down payment first payment security deposit- freight all taxesadmin fee registration fee and license fee due at lease signing oac 48 mbnth term 20400 km annual allowance lmfl sales- hltlnle sinceiaea jr rt v rsince 196 r dr sheldon lazier and ed edwards dd family dentist denturist are pleased to announce that dr waseema ali will be returning to our group she is a family dentist with a special interest in treating children dental care for the entire family new patients are always welcome evening and saturday appointments are available 6212main street just east of the train station stquffyille 9056427474 i- service to your community want to be a volunteer community policing centre volunteers participate as little as four hours a month we would like you to join our team and help make your commuriitty a safe piace to live and play self rewarding t- t j9 f v v t jr t j ly