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Global News
15-07-2025
- Automotive
- Global News
3 seriously hurt in crash after van careens off Memorial Drive onto Deerfoot Trail
Three people were sent to hospital with injuries ranging from serious to life-threatening after a crash Tuesday morning on Calgary's busy central freeway. The crash on Deerfoot Trail northbound near Memorial Drive happened around 9 a.m., according to the Calgary Police Service. Multiple EMS units, firefighters and police responded to the collision in a construction zone on the freeway. Involved in the crash appeared to be a white car carrying two people, and a white Ford Econoline transport van that was crashed on the other side of a concrete barricade between the two directions of traffic. The cause of the crash is not known, but police said their early investigation suggests the transport van launched itself from one roadway to the other. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'I'm concerned to see that there's a path of travel that exits Memorial Drive on the westbound lanes, goes onto the green space and basically launches off the top of the green space onto Deerfoot itself,' said Sgt. Colin Foster with the CPS collision reconstruction team, who said as bad as it was, the carnage could have been worse. Story continues below advertisement 'We're very lucky that it's only really the two main vehicles that were involved, that there weren't more vehicles involved. Deerfoot is a busy roadway, especially in the construction area. 'The fact that there's only two vehicles involved is a saving grace, to be honest.' Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: "The fact that there's only two vehicles involved is a saving grace, to be honest." Police said the driver of the van was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition, but was later upgraded to serious but stable condition. The two people from the car involved suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Both were seen by Global News crews being able to step out of the heavily damaged car before being laid on stretchers and taken to hospital. Northbound Deerfoot Trail was closed between 17 Ave Southeast and Memorial Drive Northeast; Westbound Memorial Drive was closed from Barlow Trail Northeast to 12 Street Northeast. As of publishing, police said the road closures were still in effect as traffic officers investigated. Police are looking for dashcam footage of the crash and want to speak with any other drivers who may have seen what happened. — with files from Michael King, Global News
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Yahoo
How long to pay off $800K in illegal cigarette fines? 32,000 months, a judge calculates
Nova Scotia provincial court Judge Alain Bégin put a fine point on the absurdity of the situation with some quick math: it will take 32,000 months for the 68-year-old man he was sentencing on contraband cigarette charges to pay off the massive fines that, by law, had to be imposed. On Wednesday, David Barrie confirmed he was pleading guilty to two counts related to possessing unstamped tobacco, charges that stemmed from 650,000 illegal cigarettes discovered by RCMP in a van the man was driving two years ago near Truro, N.S. The violations were under the federal Excise Act and provincial Revenue Act, which prescribe formulas to determine the minimum fine amount, based on the number of cigarettes seized and the tax evaded. In Barrie's case, the calculation amounts to a whopping $886,296.80, an astronomical amount for a man the court was told is disabled, unemployed and lives on an Old Age Security pension. "What's your intention with regards to minimum payment?" Bégin asked him in a Truro courtroom. "Two hundred bucks a month? A hundred bucks a month? What are you gonna do? You pay $50 a month towards your $800,000 bill?" "He was hoping for maybe 25," Jim O'Neil, Barrie's lawyer, replied. "All right, $25 a month on your $800,000 bill," concluded Bégin, who out of curiosity did a quick calculation. "Yeah, 32,000 months to pay off your fine." In an interview, O'Neil said the minimum fines for illegal tobacco charges are set out in federal and provincial legislation, and judges have no discretion. It's an issue, he said, that has long bothered him when it comes to clients who are too poor to pay. In one case involving a single mother, O'Neil said, he sought to challenge the fine based on her poverty, but after researching the case law realized the argument would not succeed in charges involving contraband tobacco. When faced with such situations, he said, the only thing judges can do is "modify the impact" on the offender by ordering them to pay small monthly amounts, with no illusions the total fine will ever be paid off. "An awful lot of people who are involved in contraband tobacco are themselves addicted to tobacco or they're poor," O'Neil said. "For some reason, governments have singled out this particular offence for these huge fines and it's not proportionate to any other wrongdoings we may do as citizens." Revenue from tobacco taxes has dropped significantly in Nova Scotia in recent years. Smoking rates have declined, but a provincial cabinet minister acknowledged this spring that contraband sales may also be eating into the government's bottom line. Provincial tobacco enforcement officers seized a record number of illegal cigarettes last year, although the statistics don't include seizures by police forces. Barrie was arrested on May 27, 2023, after police pulled over a Ford Econoline van at the interchange of highways 102 and 104 outside of Truro, according to an RCMP police release at the time. Officers obtained a search warrant and found the unstamped cigarettes. O'Neil told the court Wednesday that Barrie was only a courier for someone else. "That's even worse. He wasn't going to get the benefit" from the sale of the cigarettes, O'Neil said. "Or the most foolish part, perhaps," Bégin replied. "Worse or most foolish, taking all the risk, going to get the penalty, and nothing to show for it." MORE TOP STORIES
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
1 dead, 1 hospitalized after head-on collision in Leonardtown
ST. MARY'S COUNTY, Md. () — One person died and another was injured in a head-on collision in Leonardtown on Wednesday morning. At around 7:15 a.m., deputies responded to a serious crash with one person trapped in the area of Point Lookout Road and St. Margarets Drive. There, deputies learned that a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling north on Point Lookout Road when, for unknown reasons, it crossed the center line and hit a 2011 Ford Econoline van that was going south, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. Metro gets green light to introduce automatic train operations on Yellow, Green lines The driver of the Silverado was flown by helicopter to a trauma center for treatment. However, deputies said the driver of the van died at the scene. As of Wednesday afternoon, the sheriff's office has not released the name of the person who died. Deputies noted that an investigation indicates that a medical emergency contributed to the crash. The sheriff's office urges anyone who witnessed the crash to contact Cpl. Rachael Owens at 301-475-4200, ext. 8108, or by email at Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man arrested for burglary after stolen car was found behind a building
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — One man is in jail Tuesday after being arrested by Peoria police for allegedly breaking into a building after he stolen a van. Bryson R. Lathum, 29, was booked on a slew of charges that included possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to property and burglary. According to Peoria police, he was nabbed at about 8:30 a.m. Monday in the 700 block of East Virginia Avenue after they were called to the area on a report of a burglary, a police spokeswoman said. When officers arrived, they found the 2017 white Ford Econoline van which was reported stolen in Peoria Heights less than an hour beforehand. According to a report filed at the Peoria Heights Police Department, the van was taken from the 500 block of East Glen Avenue which is the Peoria Heights High School bus barn. A Peoria Heights officer was able to identify Lathum based upon security video footage which briefly showed his face. The van was reported stolen and within about 30 minutes, it was located at the East Bluff address, according to the report. The security footage from the school property allegedly showed Lathum taking items from the school's concession stand before he allegedly took the van., the report said. When officers searched the building on Virginia, they allegedly found Lathum trying to hide in a walk-in cooler inside the building with keys to the car and building keys within his reach, the report said. When questioned, Lathum declined to answer questions. It was not immediately clear if when or if he would be formally charged in court on the allegations. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Indianapolis Star
11-05-2025
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Inside IndyStar: Larry Bisceglia was equal parts nostalgia and tradition for the Indy 500
Two vehicles caught my eye in September 2023 when the Indianapolis Speedway Museum began clearing out its basement ahead of recent renovations. They weren't race cars, but those of everyday fan Larry Bisceglia, a tire mechanic and wanderer who spent most of his life on the West Coast. As someone not originally from Indiana, I was unfamiliar with his name. I wondered why the museum had not one, but two of his rather unremarkable vehicles — a Chevy panel truck and a Ford Econoline van, both covered in race stickers and parked next to some of the museum's most prized race cars. 'Larry was famous for being first in line,' Luke Edwards, a former museum employee, told me. 'He became really a local celebrity.' For 37 years Biceglia would be the first in line at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, driving from the West Coast and sometimes arriving at the track's entrance in April. He would live out of his vehicle during his annual pilgrimage to IMS. I delved into the Indianapolis Star's archives and was delighted to find a collection of images documenting Bisceglia's 37-year tradition, starting in 1950. Our reporters and photographers covered his arrival at the track each year. Even in his later years, when illness prevented him from showing up, they coordinated his air travel to ensure he made it to the race. "Those vans are probably a key memory to a lot of spectators," Jason VanSickle, IMS Museum vice president of curation and education, said. "In some cases, they connect more to the vans we have than to some of the race winners or cars we have in our collection." Why revisit Bisceglia's story? Because the blend of nostalgia and tradition is too compelling not to share and defines the passion of the ordinary race fan.
