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] | Ee maaan ore Tea a i | i Car damaged in wind storm The hood of this compact car parked on John Street was damaged when part of a large tree snapped off in the high winds that laced across Scugog Township Monday evening. Biker, a collie and ten kids at scene of accident Chaos broke out temporarily on the Oshawa Road Saturday after- noon when a motorcycle accident, a car, 10 kids racing on bikes and an enthusiastic collie dog got mixed up. Durham Police Sergeant Ken Hudson witnessed the incident when he was escorting the kids in his cruiser. Participants in an Ex- plorer/Venturer race from the Non- quon River to the Camp Samac Truck on fire Firefighters were called to the scene when a 1978 International truck caught fire while westbound on Regional Road 8. The driver, David Lodgett, wasn't injured in the incident, which hap- pened June 10th at 7:05 a.m. Insurance premiums continue to increase In an effort to cut the sky- rocketing premiums it must pay for insurance, Durham Region council will be asked to reduce the level of coverage this coming year. The Region's finance committee is recommending that the general liability policy deductible be in- creased from $10,000 to $50,000, which will save about $61,000 in premiums. The region also hopes to save some $80,000 in premiums this year by increasing the third party liabili- ty from nil to $50,000 and the physical damage deductible from $5,000 to $15,000. These and other changes in the Region's insurance policy could save Durham more than $100,000 in premiums this year alone. Accor- ding to a report from the finance department, the changes will reduce the premiums from $861,000 to just over $753,000. Even with this reduc- tion, the cost of insurance for Durham will be about 44 percent higher than in 1985-86. At one time, the Region averaged grounds, they were headed down Regional Road 2 (the Oshawa Road) near Concession 10 when the inci- dent occurred. Following the cyclists was a col- lie that insisted on running circles around them, over both lanes of traffic, barking profusely. Sgt. Hudson was leading the pack in his cruiser when he noticed a brown Volvo pull off of Concession 10 and onto the southbound lane of * the Oshawa Road. "That was fine. It was no big deal- -there was plenty of space between him and us," he says. "But all of a sudden I saw this motorcyclist literally catapault over the car and I thought, oh no." The biker was Wayne Slute, 28, of Sunrise Beach, headed north in the centre lane on his 1982 Suzuki. According to Sgt. Hudson, he hit 75 claims per year. Now, in 1986, ac- cording to the report, the number of claims has increased to 500 each year. The claims are higher, more complicated and take longer to settle. . The major reason for the increase in insurance premiums this year are for liability. The excess liability premiumn jumped from $20,000 to $140,900, and the umbrella liability policy jumped from $25,000 to $134,000. The Region has a self insurance reserve fund totalling just under $1 million. By the end of the year, that figure could be as high as $1.4 million after interest and contribu- tions are added. However, the report points out that with higher deductibles on the insurance policies, that a reserve fund will be needed this year to pay claims not covered under the deduc- tible ceilings. The Region was recently served with a third party notice for damages totalling $25 million. the left rear quarter of the Volvo, driven by Per Erik Stromberg, 59, of Oshawa, flew over top of the car and landed on his head and shoulder. "I thought he broke his neck at first, the way he landed," Sgt. Hud- son recalls. "It was a good thing he was wearing his helmet." Mr. Slute's head and shoulder escaped injury but he fractured his left knee cap and suffered several lacerations. He was taken to Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Oshawa General Hospital, where he is still undergoing treatment. In the meantime, however, the cyclists had caught up, along with the dog, and traffic was backing up on both sides of the accident. It was a real job keeping control of the situation for the sergeant, un- til help from other policé officers arrived. Mr. Stromberg was charged with failing to yield. oe oe oe ole oe oe oe INITIATIVE The ambitious youth strikes out for himself ---- the lazy one depends on a pinch hitter. "So go ahead and sue! It's just your computer's word against our computer's word PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 17, 1986 -- 19 (From page 1) hospital, they are (ulfilling their obligations to the hospital." This has been happening. "We would become very concern- ed about a withdrawal of emergen- cy services, but we have had no in- dication that this will happen here," he stated. The dispute between the OMA and the government continues to grow more bitter over the proposed legislation that would. ban extra- billing by physicians in Ontario. HB Doctors strike On Monday, the OMA executive said there will be a mid-week meeting and more emergency wards in the province may be shut. Two Toronto hospitals have already had their emergency wards closed. There was even a hint that in some areas, entire hospitals may be clos- ed because of the dispute. Estimates from the OMA say that 60 percent of Ontario general prac- titioners and - 70 percent of specialists are backing the withdrawal of office services. Do should be recognized? Ontario, and a lapel pin. the person who The search is on for Citizens of the Year. Do you know someone in your community, between the ages of 6 and 18 years, who has gone that extra mile? 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