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By Julia Dempsey Seat belts saved the lives of five Utica-area residents in- volved in a car accident three weeks ago, a relative of the fam- ily claims. Barbara Murphy told the " Port Perry Star her son Patrick Murphy, his wife Susan Bass and their three young children survived the fatal head-on colli- sion May 11 because they were 'all wearing safety restraints. = "They are all doing extremely swell," Mrs. Murphy said in ref- "erence to the familys miracu- Flous recovery. & All of the family members "have now been released from hospital and are continuing ;- their recovery at home. .. « Ms. Bass, who appeared to 'T~<Jhave the least amount of inju- ; ries at the scene of the accident, "ended up being the most seri- Fously hurt in the Murphy vehi- cle. % Mrs. Murphy said her daugh- :ter-in-law suffered a broken 'back and a shattered left arm. #2 Doctors were able to fuse jisome bone from her hip to her 7 backbone, saving her from par- valysis. But doctors felt operating on "her arm could do more harm ithan good. With therapy, the doctors believe she will regain 75 per cent use of the limb. © "She says she'll get 100 per "cent," Mrs. Murphy said about : her strong-willed daughter-in- law. The 9-1-1 emergency system + helped save her son, Mrs. Mur- phy said. An overheated brake drum 'on a transport truck caused a tire to explode late last Tuesday night bringing approximately 100 residents out of their homes wondering what hap- pened. The Evcro Inc. transport truck, which was travelling on . Highway 7A near the Country Style Donuts store, blew a tire causing the explosion-like noise. Fire officials, who responded to the explosion along with po- lice and ambulance, said it was caused when one of the dia- -phragmson the air brakes over- heated after becoming en- gaged. As the driver was unaware that the brake was en- gaged, he continued to drive until one of the inside dual tires VIDEO CAMERAS Seat belts saved their lives Murphy family recovering at home All emergency vehicles were on the scene in moments and Mr. Murphy, who lost a consid- erable amount of blood due to a large gash across his entire forehead, was given four units of blood while firefighters tried to free him from the wreckage. He also had numerous other facial wounds. Now, three weeks later, one would never know Mr. Murphy had been involved in such a tragic accident "unless he smiled and you saw he had no teeth," his mother said. Thanks to plastic surgery, "the scar (across his forehead) has faded so much" one can't even see it unlessit was pointed out, she said. All three youngsters have also recovered wonderfully. Six-month-old Emmett, who was buckled into a bucket-style car seat suffered a fractured skull in the accident. After numerous tests, doc- tors have concluded that Em- mett's brain was not harmed as aresult of hisinjuries. The impact of the accident broke the car seat into two piec- es, Mrs. Murphy said. Even with the damage to the car seat, the family is convinced the de- sign and strength of the seat saved little Emmett's life. Ellie, who will turn three this month, and 22-month-old Co- nor, both suffered hair-line fractures as a result of the crash: Ellie had a fractured left hip, while Conor had a frac- tured leftleg. They recuperated for a short "Explosion" wakes up town exploded. The Fire Department cooled down the brakes before disen- gaging the unit. Electrician dies An electrician from Duff Electric died last week follow- ing an industrial accident at Pine RidgePackers. According to police reports, Ed Lepard, 47, of 5th Conces- sion Bowmanville, fell 10 feet from a ladder striking his head while doing repairs at the plant, last Tuesday. 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The staff at Uxbridge Cot- tage Hospital allowed Ellie to talk to her father on the phone and Mrs. Murphy said there wasn't a dry eye on the ward Study an By Scott Anderson A $65,000-housing study cur- rently being drafted by an inde- pendent consulting firm has been dubbed "an act in futility" by some members of Scugog council. Councillor Marilyn Pearce slammed the study saying it was useless as long as the Re- gion and the provincial govern- ment dragged their feet over the implementation of further hard services such as sewage, needed for further growth in the area. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tyesday, Jupe 4, $9) -- 5 when Ellie said "I love you dad- dy." Friends and relatives of the Murphys have been quick to bring over nutritious meals, run errands and do odd jobs for the family. "So many of his (Patrick's) friends have told me they never buckle up if they are just driv- ing in to town," Mrs. Murphy said. She wants to remind people that a large percentage of acci- dents happen within a couple of miles from home. In this case, the Murphys were only two doors away from home when the accident oc- curred. The Murphy vehicle was eastbound on Regional Road 21 when a westbound car crossed the yellow line and collided with their vehicle. Joseph Varga, 61, and his wife Charlotte, 60, of Islington, died in the accident. They were returning home from their summer residence in Scugog Township after erecting their 9-1-1 emergency response sign on their property. Neither Mr. or Mrs. Varga were wearing seat belts. exercise The Municipal Housing Study is being prepared on be- half of the Township by Totten Sims Hubicki associates of To- ronto in conjunction with a province-wide directive from the Ontario government. It in- tends to determine the plans for the future of each of the mu- nicipalities and discern wheth- er they are prepared for the changes in terms of available housing. Darlene Proudfoot, a planner at Totten Sims Hubicki, told council that based on computer ANNOUNCEMENT ANNA GOULDBURN The Port Perry Star is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Gouldburn to the position of Advertising Manager. Anna has been employed at the Star for six years, and is well known in her capacity as Advertising Sales Rep, which she has capably handled for the past two years. She will continue in sales in addition to assuming the responsibilities for co-ordinating advertising programs and production. The management and staff of the Port Perry Star wish Anna success in her new position, and invite our customers to give Anna a call and discuss your advertising requirements. in futility projections, it is estimated that the township will experience a population growth of 2.1 per cent per annum over a 20-year time frame from 1991 to 2011. This is a net change of almost 8,000 people from a projected population in 1991 of 17,426 to 25,417in 2011. Based on these numbers, Ms. Proudfoot says the Township will be short of land and should investigate opportunities to seek other land. "We are en- couraging development of exist- Turn to Page 11 PORT PERRY WADO KAI KARATE DIRECTORS: DE0C00ooEDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LUB Award Winning i 4 Established 1974 HEAD INSTRUCTOR: ROBERT DODS, 3rd Dan (416) 926-5370 MICHELE VANHEININGEN, 2nd Dan 985-7847 RON RUSKAY, 1st Dan 986-5071 RON MOLLON, 1st Dan 985-7098 YEAR-ROUND INSTRUCTION FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY VERY ECONOMICAL RATES SUNDAYS & TUESDAYS, 6:00 PM At the LATCHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE (downtown Port Perry at the lake, Queen and Water Streets) FOR INFORMATION call RON MOLLON, 985-7098 or AT CLASS TIME 985-7982 Affiliated with TORONTO WADO KAI, under direction of CHIEF INSTRUCTOR SENSEI DAVE MANARA, 7th Dan and The WADO KAI of NORTH AMERICA, under direction of MASARU SHINTANI, 8th Dan, of the SHINTAN! 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