Zurich Citizens News, 1980-09-04, Page 12L
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Plane explodes
Pilot error cited in crash of Tara plane
Pilot error was cited as the
cause of a single-engine
airplane crash which
claimed the life of a Tara
area pilot at Sexsmith air-
port late Saturday afternoon.
Harvey Richard Miller,
RR 2 Tara, was killed when
his craft went into a nose
dive as he made his ap-
proach. to the field located
about two Tiles northwest of
Exeter. He was alone in the.
aircraft which exploded and
was engulfed in flames.
Exeter OPP Constable Jim
Rogers said no defects could
be found in the plane. "From
what a witness said, we feel
it was pilot error, bad
judgement," Rogers com-
mented after investigation
by police and federal
transport officials.
Miller was flying through
hazy weather to Exeter for
the annual "fly -in" in his
Aeronca Model -11 craft. He
was an experienced pilot.
The airstrip on the farm of
Leonard Greb is operated by
a group of local pilots. The
fly -in on Sunday went ahead
as scheduled and the
remains of the burned air-
craft were still in the field.
On area highways over the
past week, the Exeter OPP
investigated six accidents.
One of them resulted in
major injuries for a 26 -year-
old London motorcycle
driver.
That accident occurred on
Sunday on Highway 21 north
of Highway 83 when Gregory
Murray was in collision with
a motor vehicle driven by
Kevin Huyghe, Sterling
Heights, Mich.
Both were northbound and
Huyghe was proceeding to
turn left into a private lane
as the motorcycle was in the
process of passim.
Both ball
teams
eliminated
Both of the Dashwood
minor baseball teams have
been eliminated from fur-
ther action in the OBA
playdowns.
The Dashwood peewees
lost their series against
Amhertsburg t k games to
SPORTS
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oy
Marlene and Tony
Bedard
one with the local squad
taking the first game 4-3
Saturday.
On Sunday and Monday
the Windsor area team
defeated Dashwood by
scores of 9-5 and 8-3.
The Dashwood Bantams
lost to Stratford in their OBA
playdowns when they lost 5-4
and 4-0 in the series final two
games. Dashwood won the
first encounter 1-0.
In minor softball action
this past week the Expos
scored a 20-10 win over the
Orioles.
For the losers, Steve
Consitt had a single and
double, Debbie Smith had
three singles and Mark
Regier contributed a home
run, a triple and a double.
The Zurich men's rec
fastball league is winding up
its regular season with the
squads getting ready for a
rec fastball tournament
featuring several Zurich
teams and other centres. The
tourney will be held Sep-
tember 13 and 14.
Constable Bob Whiteford
listed total damage at $1100.
Murray was taken to South
Huron Hospital and then
transferred to University
Hospital in London.
There was one. collision
reported on Saturday at
Cantin Beach Road west of
Highway 21 in the St. Joseph
area.
A vehicle driven by John
McLeod, RR 1 Strathroy,
failed to negotiate a curve on
the road and rolled over in
the ditch.
The driver sustained
minor injuries and Constable
Jack Straughan listed total
damage at $1,000.
There were two other
crashes over the Labor Day
holiday weekend period,
both occurring on Friday. In
the first one, a vehicle driven
by Stephen Donaldson,
Grosse Point, Michigan,
failed to stop at the in-
tersection of the Gore Road
and concession 18-19 of
Stephen and struck a
checkerboard sign, fence_
and continued into a farm
field.
Constable Don Mason
investigated and set damage
at $650.
The other Friday crash
occurred at the intersection
of Highway 21 and 83 and
involved vehicles driven by
Cheryl Chapman, Exeter,
_and Julius Giglio, Detroit.
Damage was listed at
$1,000 by Constable
Whiteford.
On Monday, vehicles
operated by Raymond
Varley, Centralia and
William Fraser, Grand
Bend, collided at the in-
tersection of the Crediton There were no injuries and
Road and Huron Road 21 damage was estimated at
north of Huron Frark. $700 by Constable Ed Wilcox.
HEADED FOR SAFE TERRITORY — In the top of the sixth inning in what proved to be the
final game of the Amherstburg-Dashwood Peewee OBA semifinal, an unidentified Amherst -
burg runner made a successful slide into second base. Second baseman on the play for
Dashwood was Buddy Richardson. Staff photo
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