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Port Perry Star, 6 Nov 1990, p. 3

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wr Re i AE : life of popular young man A Scugog Township man has died after an early morning mo- tor vehicle accident Friday. Richard (Rick) Taylor, 32, was returning home from work- ing the night shift at General Motors when the vehicle he was driving went out of control and struck another vehicle driven by Thaeir Dawod, 31, of Ajax. Mr. Dawod's injuries are de- scribed to be serious, but not life-threatening. The accident occurred on the Island Road just north of the 10th Concession. Mr. Taylor was northbound PORT PERRY MERCHANTS on the highway, heading for his Stephenson Road home, while Mr. Dawod was southbound when the accident occurred at about 2:40 a.m. Staff Sgt. Bill Van Doleweerd said no charges will be laid. Mr. Taylor leaves a wife, Jan- ice, sons Robbie and Jonathon, parents Jerome and Sandra, and brothers Jerry Jr., Daniel and his wife Peggy, and James and his wife Debbie. Funeral services were held Monday at the Low and Low Funeral Home in Port Perry. A 36-year old Prince Albert man has been sentenced to two years less a day after being con- victed of dangerous driving. Kevin Stuart Murray was handed the sentence last week by Justice William Lane of the Ontario Court, General Divi- sion, Whitby. Murray had earlier plead- ed guilty to failing to remain at the scene of an accident July 20 on the Oshawa-Newcastle Town Line that took the life of 11-year old Jamie New of Oshawa. In handing down sentence, Justice Lane ordered Murray to seek counselling for substance abuse and suspended his driv- PORT PERRY MERCHANTS want to help soften the impact of the coming GST, so are offering GST COUPONS valued at 10% of all your purchases between October 22 and December 31, 1990. Save the coupons and cash them at any of the participating stores against the GST between Jan. & March 1991. START SAVING COUPONS NOW AND LET US PAY THE GST PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 6, 1990 -- 3 Tragic auto accident claims Man sentenced to two years in jail ers licence for five years. Evidence submitted in court showed that Jamie New was riding his bicycle with two friends when he was struck by a car driven by Murray. Murray turned his vehicle around and drove off narrowly missing two other vehicles. The next day, he drove to Newmarket to have a broken windshield repaired and five Free Pickup & Delivery TE io es il SR TF We FEL TCR BGI EY COUNTRY UPHOLSTERY days later, surrendered to Re- gional Police. In a statement to police, Murray, who works at General Motors, said he had two beers and a rye and cola after a golf game the day of the accident. Court was told that Murray had been convicted of impaired driving on two occasions in 1976 and 1979. een ©? SRT "RR Ks DONNA ANDERSON (As, 705-328-1156

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