Ajax Youth Killed CN Crews Work with Heavy Machinery to Clean up the Tracks at the Site of the Train Derailment on Thursday Morning
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The Pickering 24 PAGES ✦ Pressrun 48,900 ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2007 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 Durham Daily News Bring it On Every weekday at noon Dunbarton Cheerleading Team goes for gold Page 17 YouTube appeal helped with murder probe: cops Two charged six months after Ron Pietroniro /News Advertiser photo Ajax youth killed CN crews work with heavy machinery to clean up the tracks at the site of the train derailment on Thursday morning. The south track was cleared a few hours after the derailment while crews worked through the night Thursday to clear the north track. By Jeff Mitchell [email protected] AJAX — Use of the popular Internet website YouTube played an important role in the investi- Pickering counts its ‘blessings’ gation of a young Ajax man’s mur- der last summer, said a Durham Emergency forces quickly contained. a turn for the worst. poor weather conditions. homicide detective. “If there would have been a GO Train commuters were in- “The weather slowed the pro- “Information from the You- put to the test major spill, we would have had convenienced due to the situa- cess, but not by very much,” Mr. Tube media appeal was very pro- following Thursday’s to evacuate the highway,” Chief tion, having to take buses between Hallman said. ductive,” Detective Sergeant J.J. Douglas said. Pickering and Oshawa, but CN VIA Rail was affected by the Allan said Friday, a day after Dur- train derailment City of Pickering’s chief admin- spokesman Mark Hallman said the derailment, and ticket-holders ham cops arrested a Scarborough istrative officer Tom Quinn said GO Train tracks were cleared by were transported by motor coach man for the killing of 19-year-old By Kristen Calis “with the number of cars involved, Friday morning. The CN Rail south between Toronto and Oshawa in Orin Felix. The Ajax youth was [email protected] we’re lucky there was no severity track was cleared a few hours after both directions. VIA media rep- stabbed to death after a scuffle of toxic chemicals.” the derailment and crews were resentative Catherine Kaloutsky at the Rimrock bar on Harwood PICKERING — City officials say In fact, Mr. Quinn said although working to clear the north track by Avenue around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. the train derailment in Pickering the derailment was unfortunate, early Friday afternoon, despite the ✦ See CN, Page 2 1, 2006. on Thursday could have been it gave the City the opportunity to The YouTube posting attracted much worse. test how quickly emergency teams more than 10,000 hits, Det. Allan “We’re counting our blessings,” could respond to this type of situa- Blaisdale said. It marked the first time Dur- said Fire Chief Bill Douglas. tion. 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The more than 40 images depicted The investigation began when Durham der. He was being held in custody and was following a bank robbery in north Ajax Fri- a number of young bar patrons, some of police converged on the parking lot out- scheduled to make an appearance by video day morning. whom appeared to be embroiled in a scuffle side the Rimrock for a report of a distur- in an Oshawa court Friday. Durham Regional Police report a lone that was broken up by security staff. bance. They found Mr. Felix, who had been Also charged as a result of the investiga- male entered the Bank of Montreal branch Police aren’t saying if any of the people stabbed, with no vital signs. Another seri- tion is 22-year-old Ashley Ada Owen, from at 475 Westney Rd. N. around 10:30 a.m. The depicted on YouTube are suspects or per- ously wounded man was found a few blocks Ajax, who faces charges of obstructing po- suspect produced a note and indicated he sons of interest; investigators were seeking away in a residential area. A third man had lice and acting as an accessory after the was armed, although no weapon was seen. potential witnesses by making the Internet non-life-threatening injuries. fact of attempted murder. Police allege the The suspect was given cash before fleeing appeal, Det. Allan said. A six-month investigation led to Thurs- young woman provided assistance to Mr. in an unknown direction. “It was done as a canvass for witnesses,” day’s arrest. Troy Johnson-Lee, 22, of Grack- Johnson-Lee. Officers from the Ajax-Pickering division searched the area with no luck. The suspect is described as black, 25 to 35 years old, approximately six-feet, two- CN crews ‘incredible’ getting site of derailment cleaned up inches to six-feet, four-inches tall, with short ✦ CN from page 1 affairs Jim Feeny said both CN and con- removed. dark hair. He was professionally dressed in tracted crews worked throughout the night Mr. Feeny said there is no estimate of dark clothing and wore oversized designer said regular service would resume once the to clean up the mess. Once the tracks are damages and “CN is currently working with glasses. wreckage is cleared and that VIA Rail should cleared for train traffic, however, crews will the Transportation Safety Board investigat- Anyone with information about this inves- “be back to its regular schedule as of Satur- still be working until the remaining debris is ing the cause.” tigation is asked to contact Detective Alec day.” Sirizzotti of the Major Crime Robbery Unit at Mr. Quinn said since he first heard ru- (905) 579-1520 or 1-888-579-1520, ext. 5359. mours the cleanup would take two to three Anonymous calls can also be made through days, it was “incredible how fast CN was We can be Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800- there to respond to everything.” reached at 222-TIPS (8477). CN manager of public and government 905-683-5110 NEWS ADVERTISER March is NNuuttrriittii nn MMoonntthh!! it up Healthy! Every Monday – Thursday Cook itit up Healthy! 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