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a 36 Pages Vol. 113 No. 27 Wednesday, May 16,1979 One Killed, Five Inju The intersection of Regional Roads 21 and 23 west of Utica claimed its second victim in as many months when a Port Perry man was killed Sunday in a two-car accident about 6:00 P.M. The crash also sent five members of a Cannington area family to \ Ad Dangerous Intersection Elderly man killed in two- vehicle crash A tragic accident Sunday evening has taken the life of an elderly Port Perry man and sent five members of a Cannington area family to hospital with serious in- juries. Stanley Causley, 80, of 78 Union Avenue was killed when the van he was driving struck a station wagon at the intersection of Regional Roads 21 and 23, two miles NI red hospital with serious injuries. An elderly Toronto woman died recently of injuries suffered in a car accident at the same intersection in April. Durham Region Police are expected to assign officers to the area to rigidly enforce speed regulations. Regular check on X-ray units Equipment used for x-rays at the Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry has received regular inspections from the Ministry of Health as well as preventative maintenance programs from the manufacturer, according to hospital administrator, Dave Brown. Commenting on a con- troversial report released last week which claimed the faulty equipment could be Boat purchased, Police to start marine patrols Durham Region police chief Jon Jenkins says he expects that the force will begin regular marine patrols on Lake Scugog by June 1. On May 10, the Police Commission approved purchase of a new Grew boat at a cost of 12,500, and Durham officers have completed training for the marine patrol. The new boat, purchased from Ted Quinn Marine of Agincourt, will be moored year-round at Port Perry. It will be equipped with radio communications and will carry two officers. Prior to the takeover of police duties January 1 in Scugog by the Durham force, the marine patrol on the lake had been carried out by the OPP for the past 11 years. There had been some concern 'that restraints on the police budget this year would delay the marine operation, however, the money for the new boat was approved in budget negotia- tions earlier this year. In addition to the low bid of $12,500 for the new boat, the . Commission received two others, one at $14,500 and one at $18,100. exposing some patients to high radiation levels, Mr. Brown said that so far he has received no direction from the Ministry of Health or the Ontario Hospital Associa- tion. "All I know at this time is what I've read in the pa- pers," he said Monday. How- ever, he did say that in light of the report by a Univer- sity of Toronto radiologist, there will likely be more inspections carried out on equipment by the Ministry of Health. Mr. Brown said that the Community Hospital uses one main x-ray machine and has a portable unit. The last inspection on the equipment by the Health Ministry was done in February 1977. Both units are about ten years old. The report released last week was prepared by Dr. Kenneth Taylor, a radiation physicist and associate di- rector of the radiation re- search lab at the University of Toronto. It says that a survey of 20 hospitals across the province indicated that a patient can receive as much as 60 times the exposure given a patient for a similar x-ray in another hospital. The report blames faulty equipment and improper operation as the reasons for the wide differences, and claimed that excessive ra- diation is causing 20 cases of leukemia in Ontario each year. Following the release of the report last week, "the provincial Ministry of Health: announced immediately that it would spend $300,000. over the next three years to study radiation hazards encounter- ed during x-ray examina- tions. A further $338,000. has been pledged by Physicians Services Inc. over the next five years for studies and seminars for radiologists, hospital administrators and x-ray equipment manufac- turers. Mr. Brown said the equip- ment at the Community Hos- pital is in good condition and the staff operating it are well trained and fully qualified. The hospital employs two (Turn to page 2) west of Utica. The driver of the second car, Victor Vanalsteine, 32, of R.R. 2, Cannington suffer- ed major injuries, as did his three young daughters, Pat- ricia, aged three, Catherine, two, and Pauline, five months. The youngest child was transferred to Sick Chil- dren's Hospital on Sunday night. Mrs. Lorraine Vanal- steine, 24, suffered minor in- juries in the accident. As of Monday afternoon, Durham Police said that the injured persons were in ser- ious, but stable condition. A spokesman for Durham Regional Police said the ac- cident occurred about 6:00 p.m. when the westbound Causeley vehicle went through the intersection and was struck broadside by the second car which was north- bound on Regional Road 23. The intersection of these two regional roads has been the scene of at least six accidents since the begin- ning of this year, and Staff- Sgt. Reg McIntyre of the Scugog-Uxbridge detach- ment said Monday that he has requested selective en- forcement of the area which, means a rigid enforcement of speeding and other high- way regulations in an effort to try to reduce the risk of accidents in this area with the busy tourist season com- ing on. ' Just recently, a 72-year old Toronto woman died in hos- pital from injuries suffered in an accident at the same intersection in April. The woman had been driving eastbound on Regional Road 21 and was struck by another car at the intersection. Staff-Sgt. McIntyre could offer no explanation why there appears. to be an un- usually high number of ser- ious accidents at the inter- section. Regional Road 21, which runs east and west, has large stop signs at the intersection in addition to a flashing red light which hangs above the middle of the intersection. Regional Road 23 is the throughfare and there is a flashing amber light to warn north and southbound motorists to slow down at the intersection. The speed limit on both roads is 80 km. per hour. details. Glen Cochrane, well-known Toronto TV personality, is a very funny guy, and he was in fine form Saturday night. See page 9 for