Good thing she didn't have a long gun
whitebread
guns.
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Drunk driving charge laid after car sails into Humber River
November 08, 2009
A 25-year-old woman appeared in court Sunday morning, charged with drunk driving after an
apparent incident of road rage that sent a vehicle flying 25 metres over a cliff and into
the Humber River.
Ngoc Tran, 25, was taken into police custody upon release from hospital Saturday night and
charged with impaired driving and dangerous driving, said Det. Const. Arthur Lane of
Traffic Services.
The incident around 11:30 a.m. Saturday started with a minor collision between two
northbound cars at a stop light on Stephen Dr., north of The Queensway.
An altercation followed between the two drivers before the victim vehicle, a Chrysler 300
driven by a 32-year-old man, sped off.
"She ended up chasing the gentleman down Stephen Dr., bumping him repeatedly, and then
bumped him off to the right at the end of the road," said Const. Hugh Smith of Traffic
Services.
The chase went to speeds of about 90 kilometres per hour on Stephen Dr., a residential
street in the south end of Etobicoke with a 40 km/h speed limit. The street becomes a dead
end before the ground drops away into a ravine bordering the Humber River.
After forcing the Chrysler into some bushes near the edge of the precipice, the woman's
vehicle ran through a barrier, over the cliff into the ravine, where it car flipped upside
down into the river.
"At a very crucial point in time when she should have braked, she didn't," Lane said,
likening the car's launch into the river to a Canada's Wonderland ride.
The vehicle was submerged in almost 2 metres of water, Lane said.
Witnesses report that the woman swam back to shore herself and even returned to the
vehicle to retrieve something from the car.
The man was later taken to hospital for minor neck and back injuries.
The woman spent the night in police custody after being treated in hospital for arm
injuries.
The drivers didn't know each other before the incident, Lane said.
"I'm flabbergasted at this event and its isolation."
Collision reconstructionists continue to investigate.
http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/722893
klunk
"E. Barry Bruyea" <terml...@democracy.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:13:54 -0800, "whitebread" <white...@shop.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>Would have been perfectly legal - since the Harper gang's new Bill on
>>de-registering long
>>guns.
>
> If it was registered, it would still be legal. Or do you prefer
> confiscation?
I would prefer it if anger-management candidates like her were never
permitted to touch a gun... let alone own one.... ;-)
fred
> On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:13:54 -0800, "whitebread" <white...@shop.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>Would have been perfectly legal - since the Harper gang's new Bill on
>>de-registering long guns.
>
> If it was registered, it would still be legal. Or do you prefer
> confiscation?
>>
Don't even bother. These idiots think you can legally carry a loaded gun
around on the streets.