December 10, 2008
CBC News
There was quite a large damage done to the Vancouver Salvation Army on Wednesday December 10, 2008. The whole accident was caused by a runaway bus going down a street and slamming into a thrift store. The Police says that the driver parked the close to the New Westminster sky train and out the brakes on. The driver is sure that he set the brakes properly but as he was walking down the street where he parked the bus he saw it rolling sown a hill, smashing into poles and signs. The driver started chasing it abut he was unfortunately unable to stop the rolling bus. The bus had some speed when it slammed into the thrift store building ending up three quarters of the way into the building, which is located at Columbia Street. The bus was empty during this accident happened and luckily there was no one hurt. The damage done will cost about $100 000 to repair. The main concern is that this is the second blow to the Salvation Army in Vancouver before Christmas. A Salvation Army in East Vancouver was robbed of $20 000 worth of gifts and food. The thieves broke into the store on December 3, 2008 and the police was able to get back a portion of the stolen goods. Since the Salvation Army is a very important source of goods and items for some families it is important to donate towards the Salvation Army fundraising and make sure that people in our community have a nice Christmas.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/12/10/bc-salvation-army-bus-crash-new-westminster.html
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