In the Legislative Assembly on February 28th, 2000. See this topic in context.

Question 62-14(2): Accident On Ingraham Trail
Item 6: Oral Questions

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Sandy Lee

Sandy Lee Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister responsible for Transportation. I do not know if he is aware, but there has been another accident on the roads surrounding the City of Yellowknife. This time it was on the Ingraham Trail involving another tractor trailer.

I wonder, Mr. Speaker, if the Minister could inform the House about what he knows about the accident and confirm whether or not dangerous road conditions had anything to do with it? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Item 6: Oral Questions

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Steen.

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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I received a briefing on the accident this morning. This was a single-truck accident on Highway No. 4, Kilometre 57, at approximately 4:00 a.m. on February 28, 2000, involving a driver and one passenger.

The truck was northbound and carrying a rock truck chassis. The driver pulled over too far on the side of the road, rolled over on the truck's side and lost a load. It is believed that the load shifted on the truck. The result was the driver had a cut forehead, and the passenger hurt his back. Both were taken to hospital in an ambulance.

Road conditions were slippery, and there was a curve sign that read 50 kilometres. That is all the information I have at this time, though we had our sanding equipment out, and we were sanding at 10:00 p.m. the night before on February 27, 2000. Thank you.

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February 27th, 2000

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Thank you, Minister Steen. Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

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Sandy Lee

Sandy Lee Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I really appreciate that the Minister was well prepared to answer this question. You would have thought that I advised him in the first place, but I did not. I wonder, Mr. Speaker, if the Minister could tell me anything he knows about the other accident that I have not yet heard anything about, which happened on Highway No. 3?

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The Speaker

The Speaker Tony Whitford

Sorry, Ms. Lee, but we have to stick to the one accident. It is a different subject, so I rule the question out of order. Item 6, oral questions. The Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Bell.