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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-09-16, Page 7Trial expected to CONTINUED from Page 6. was still breathing so she turned to Atchison who had • no vital signs. She began CPR with the help of McClenaghan, who was trained in CPR, and the two continued until ambulance attendants arrived and told them to stop. With the attendants on the. scene, extrication of the occupants began. Spong said Gardner was the first to be removed, then Lebeau. She testified that the ambu- lance attendant, who was in the car. told them to stop continue pulling her out because her feet were caught in the dri- ver's floor area. Paramedic Cathy Pickering, from Zurich Ambulance, was the atten=- dant who helped extricate •Lebeau. Her and her partner, Cynthia Strickland, arrived at the scene at 6:37 a.m., she testified Monday. "EXPECT TO SEE" Pickering also testified that Lebeau's upper body was banging out of the car from the driver's •seat and her lov:er extremities were still in Saddened by friend's death 1 am saddened by the "death of Adeline Bennewies, a for- mer neighbour and dear friend for many years. She passed away at Ritz Lutheran Villa, Mitchell on Sept. 10 - but had previously lived north of Dublin. Sympathy is extended to her family, Willard Bennewies and wifc Norlene, Earl Bennewies and wife Laura Mae; Jean Drager and husband Wilfred; Raymond Bennewies and wife Marjorie; Elaine Bossence; Cheryl Rock and husband, Earl; 13 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Joseph Ryan, RR 5 Mitchell, also died Sept. 10. Sympathy is extended to his wife Mary, to his children, Francis and wife Theresa, Michael and wifc Joanne; Joseph and Penny; John and wife Nannette; Agnes; Patricia and husband Kevin Edmondson; Mary and hus- band, Joe Reyen; Rose and husband John Van Bommel; Ann and husband Rob Sawyer; Joan and Bradley Boyd; 29 grandchildren. a brother, Sylvester and wife Madelyn; and sisters Marguerite,Walsh and Angela Nicholon. Sympathy is extended to Pearl James, on the recent death of her husband Phillip James. who died at Seaforth Manor Nursing Home. , Veterans need various supplies Seaforth Legion a by Barbara Scott 1 Jean Ross. seniors chairman, reports that Monday after- noon euchres wilt bc starting , 1 again soon. Watch this col- umn for the date. This winter there will be a $1 charge per person to play. The three Branch l6 golf teams who went " to the Provincial tournament report they had a good time. Chatham placed first. Comrades from Kitchener will bc visiting the local branch on Sat. Sept. 19 at 12 ,noon. Come out and wel- come them. The early bird campaign' is underway with the usual monthly draw. Pay your dues early. Once again the branch has been asked to supply bags of toilet articles for the veterans at' Parkwood Hospital. Disposable razors (blue), CONTINUED on Page 14. A mii)�lt'1' (hi, (..I.(. 1„1lt. 517 4 Year Minimum deposit '5,000 'Annual Percentage Rate (APR) Effective 09/14/98 7fl%* APR Call or stop by today for more Information Joe Waite 79 Ontario Road Mitchell, Ontario NOK 1NO (519) 348-9873 Edward ones Serving Individual Itavestoss L by Dorothy Dillon 345-2883 Dublin THOUGHT FOR TODAY When you know all the answers, you haven't asked all the questions. THE HURON EXPOSITOR, sePTINSIs 1S. ISSS-7 in front of Judge Granger until October the car in the foot well. Pickering said she had to get into the car to help remove. her and found her right foot entangled in the driver's floor. She asked the other's helping her to stop moving her to prevent further injuries. She said she then reached down to free her foot from the debris and grabbed herby the pant legs to remove her legs from that area. BUSTED UP BAD "Her legs were busted up pretty bad," Pickering said. She said Lebeau's right foot was partially amputated and was only being held on by flesh and tendons. • Lebeau was placed in Pickering's ambulance, and after she was finished assist- ing with thc other patients, Lebeau was taken to Clinton Public Hospital at about 7:11 a.m where she was in serious condition but stable, she said" John Mustard, a forensic mechanical engineer from the Forensic Centre for Science in Toronto, testified Wednesday for the crown and also believes Lebeau was the driver of the car. Mustard concurred with the results of the police investi- gation that the car was travel- ling in excess of. 150 kilome- tres'per hour when it left the road. He also -agreed with police reports that the first impact of the car caused the most dam- age to the front left corner of the car, causing "intrusions" into the foot well of the -car. The defence' has raised questions about what caused that front- left damage and when the impact that caused that damage occurred. They are also trying to show that Lcbeau .was not the driver of tIte car. The type of injuries sus- tained by Lebeau, which included fractures to both thigh hones and fractures to lower leg bones. -are "what you would expect to see in a driver from this impact," stat- ed Mustard. "Her injuries were certain- ly consistent with her being the driver," said Mustard, who said that it was his opin- ion that she was the driver. He later reported that none of the other five occupants. of the cat had leg injuries as extensive as the car's driver would have sustained. It was suggested by the defence that Lebeau could have been seated on the con- sole of the car, which only had scats for four occupants. "If there were two people with their legs in this area, we would see two people with lower Icg injuries," said Mustard.' In cross examination of another Crown witness, Senior Constable Lorne Roberts of thc OPP, was questioned about the possi- bility that Neal Atchison could have been the driver of the car. He died of severe head injuries, Mustard Tater reported. The defence sug- gested that Lebeau was sit- ting on the front console at the time. Carey. asked Roberts if Lebeau could have sustained the same injuries while sit- ting on the console with her feet in the driver's foot well area. "No, I don't think so," replied Roberts. Crown lawyer Bob Moms reexamined Roberts and asked if a man the size of Atchison - more than six feet tall - could have operated a vehicle with someone's legs in the driver's well at the same time. 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