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Page 2, WhItby Fee Prees, Wednesday, May 3,1995 Truck driver,. company charged after Whitby stop By Mike Kowalski A Quebec trucking company and driver face charges after a trate-taier lost two wheels on Highway 401 last week. Chargea were laid by Ontario Ministry of Transiportation offi- cers after they discovered two wheels missing from a truck which pulled inte the ministry's weigh station near Thickson Rod shortly. after midnight Wednesdsy. Accrding te Ontario Provin- WEDDING PLACKAGE *9 Three. Day Rentai of (Friday - Monday) 1995 Fuli-Size Car plus ' Just M'arried" Car.Decorations and H-oneymoon.Basket' Package Price: p-99-icueuwtdu (LDW PA, TxesExtra) SFor Reservations Ca: Pickering Ajax Whitby 839-9100 686-1300 666-1900 (Recommended 4-week notice) Oshawa 571-0571 2410' EXECUTIVE set a new standlard aofIng ln ths 4 bdnn. home WMt main floor den, tam. size ltch. wth w/o, formnai LR. & D.R. and a w/o bsmnt. Super buy at $219,900. CALL ROSEMI cial Police, the firet wheel came off the eastboumd truck near Port Union Road and the second 'at Thiekson., Not aware that the wheels were gone, the driver* pulled off the highway' because he feit the trafler wobbling, Police said. There were no reports of the first runaway wheel hitting any vehicles, police said. However, two trucka which ran over the second- wheel suffered minor damage. The 39-year-old driver was PERMANENT HAIR R EMOVAL COST FREE CONSULTATION to discuss your treatment neecis and to take away your fears. *Fully qualified* technologists in the field *Established since 1983 *Doctor referrals *Member of Etectrolysis Assoo. of Ontario Lori Thachuk 666-2853 "Quality Treatment With Resut?" 3000 Garden Street Suite 204 (Loblaws Plaza) charged with tewng an unsafe trailer. The ownr, Mdem Car- tage Inc. of Lachine, Quebec, was charged with not ensurmng that the rig conformcd te safety stan- dards. Meanwhile, there is still no word on whether charges will be laid or a coroner's inquest called inte the Jan. 31 accident which claimed the life of a 31.year-old Whitby woman. Anjela Worona was weatbound on HIghway 401 near Lakeridge Road when she wras bit by a truck wheel which flew acrosa, the median. and crushed the front of her car. The tire was ohe of two which snapped off an eastbound trac- ter-trailer owned b Universal Can-Am Ltd. of Whitby. The other tire landed harmlessly in a citéh. Worona's family, which has collected 23,000 names on a peti- tion demanding teugher enforce- ment of truck safety laws, had hoped for a decision two weeks ago, but none was forthcomming. Staff Sergeant Peter Scandlan of the WVhitby OPP detachment could not indicate Mdonday when a decision is expeted. Scandlan said police and the Crown attorney's office are wait- ing o har romthe coroner Scandlan saicd the investiga- tion is continuing, but would not comment further. 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The family feels an inquest would be more productive than, charges because a coroner's jury can make recommendations to the government, Worona said. But if charges are laid, they should carry more clout than a Highway Traffic Act offence, Worona, insisted. «There are cases we've heard of where neither the driver nor company were charged for a per- son's death,» she said. 0f if it did the most severe chrewas lifoely careless driv- ing, Worona, said.' «You muet be stupid to take an unsafe rig out on the road, know- ing it has -the potential to cause death. Like a drunk driver, this should be treated nie criminal ligernce causing death.u ~tough Worona conceded, that "there's a bit -more being done now » since last month'a cracdownon unsafe trucks, tougher measures should haveý been imposed years ago, she said. 'The government, had the in- formation and it (problems) have been allowed to grow. "You cant tel me the MOT didn7t know the things, we know. Now they're doing all they can because they allowved it te lapse over time." Sine they began their petition caxnpaign, the Woronas, have beenÎ contacted, by many truck drivers, said, Theresa. "TMe stories we hear are horri- 1fying. Wre now finding that the industry has not. been put under an kind of scrutiny at ail.» Wooa said drivers have been reluctant to, speak, outfor fear, of loaing jobs and not having their concerna addressed by the government. Althou jh the Ontario Trucking -Association (OTA) ham also demanded tougher rulea te, get unsafe rips off the road, Woroina ws akeptical. «When Vou talk te the truck- ere, the OA doesnt provide the spotthe truckers need, ashe "They (OTA) can say what. they want, but its the companies who decide it. Perhaps we need, some kind of independienthboard.' Worona atressed that; her criti-' dasm i not directed aolely at the New Democrata. "Tbia is not just one govern- ment. It's al of em,» she aid. 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