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Nine people to receive medals of bravery for rescue efforts in fiery Headingley crash
The crash in Headingley claimed the lives of three people in October 2007.
Updated: Fri Sep. 24 2010 12:13:09
ctvwinnipeg.ca
Medals of bravery are being given to nine people for their rescue efforts after a fiery vehicle crash in Headingley in October 2007.
Rescuers freed a young girl and worked to save others. Three people perished from the crash.
A vehicle rear-ended a taxi and then hit an oncoming car on the Trans-Canada Highway in the incident.
Five people nearby stopped and tried to pull a couple from the second vehicle hit in the crash, but flames and smoke made it too difficult.
One rescuer managed to break through the rear window of the car and was able to free a young girl.
Four other people ripped out parts of the dashboard of another vehicle and managed to pull out the driver, who had been trapped by debris. The vehicle swiftly burst into flames, said officials.
Three Canadian Forces members and an RCMP officer are among the nine being honoured with the medals of bravery.
The nine people include:
Joseph Henry Roland Bouliane, Winnipeg,
Major William Robertson Green, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Blair William Allan Hockin, M.B., Portage La Prairie
RCMP Const. Alfred Douglas Lavallee, Winnipeg
Sergeant Joseph Kenneth Penman, Winnipeg
Master Warrant Officer Hamish Seggie, Winnipeg
Warrant Officer Shaun Spence, Ottawa, Ontario
Abebe Yohannes, Brandon
Herman Zarbel, Winnipeg
All nine people will receive their medals from the Governor General at a later date.
Nine people to receive medals of bravery for rescue efforts in fiery Headingley crash
The crash in Headingley claimed the lives of three people in October 2007.
Updated: Fri Sep. 24 2010 12:13:09
ctvwinnipeg.ca
Medals of bravery are being given to nine people for their rescue efforts after a fiery vehicle crash in Headingley in October 2007.
Rescuers freed a young girl and worked to save others. Three people perished from the crash.
A vehicle rear-ended a taxi and then hit an oncoming car on the Trans-Canada Highway in the incident.
Five people nearby stopped and tried to pull a couple from the second vehicle hit in the crash, but flames and smoke made it too difficult.
One rescuer managed to break through the rear window of the car and was able to free a young girl.
Four other people ripped out parts of the dashboard of another vehicle and managed to pull out the driver, who had been trapped by debris. The vehicle swiftly burst into flames, said officials.
Three Canadian Forces members and an RCMP officer are among the nine being honoured with the medals of bravery.
The nine people include:
Joseph Henry Roland Bouliane, Winnipeg,
Major William Robertson Green, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Blair William Allan Hockin, M.B., Portage La Prairie
RCMP Const. Alfred Douglas Lavallee, Winnipeg
Sergeant Joseph Kenneth Penman, Winnipeg
Master Warrant Officer Hamish Seggie, Winnipeg
Warrant Officer Shaun Spence, Ottawa, Ontario
Abebe Yohannes, Brandon
Herman Zarbel, Winnipeg
All nine people will receive their medals from the Governor General at a later date.
