2010年6月7日星期一

一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Teen dies in Capliano bridge fall

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A teen ager from California has died after falling from a viewing platform at the Capliano suspension bridge in BC. The teen ager was traveling with the group of students who were visiting the popular tour site in North Vancouver. Tim weeks covering this story for us, joins us life from Vancouver this Morning. Tim, bring something to speak, what do we know about the tragic event.


Police say they took a call just after 7 o’clock last night that the person had fallen from the Capliano suspension bridge, near that area. And they rushed down. They said they didn’t take long to the spot where the person that fallen, the problem was exactly where he had fallen. It’s quite a steep area. They said it was extremely difficult to get to. They needed and they called a high angle rescue team, these people equipped with ropes and other equipment. It took quite a while, they say to trying to bring the boy back up to the surface, and unfortunately, he did not survive the fall. Ambulance was round standby, but it was too late. This is as you mentioned is fairy popular tour, there’s tens of thousands of people visit every year. Part of the excitement of this is walking along the suspension bridge, looking down at the steam of the cathem. And at this particular blue viewing platform, as you mentioned the police say that it didn’t seem to be attacked a number of signs warning about the dangerous of the area. But at this particular viewing platform, they say there is a safety barricade that’s about 4, 4 and half feet high surrounding the platform. They say there is no indication the safety barricade give away at all.

Tim, this is a tragedy story, not only for the family of the victim, but also for the students for his friends who was standing by and watching it all happen. Now you mentioned these teen agers from states. What happens next?

Yes, this is a group of students visiting BC from California. Number of them did see what happened, so they’re being questioned by police, trying to determining how this accident could’ve happened. But at the same time, a number of them clear achromatized, so grieve consolers being brought in. At the same time, the North Vancouver RCMP and BC corner services are also being conduct full investigation on it. Beyond that there weren’t really seem too much information about, just what did take place. We should be hearing more soon.

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