NUSINOWITZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-13 published
PARKER,
Dorothy
Gladys (née
PEMBERTON)
(October 2, 1916-January 10, 2007)
(Dorothy, Dodo, Do, Aunt Do, Mrs. P)
On Wednesday, January 10, 2007, at Mount Sinai Hospital, surrounded
by close and loving Friends. "Do" was the much loved daughter
of Floris Lavinia
JOHNSON and Oliver Cox
PEMBERTON and beloved
and adored wife of the late Robert Gordon M.
PARKER, LLB.
(d. 1982). "Wonky" and "Do" were married on June 12, 1940. She
was also predeceased by her sisters Peggy and Betty and brothers
Monte and Stan. She is survived by adoring nieces and nephews,
many Friends of all ages, from all walks of life, and her cat,
Jodie. There will be a graveside service at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
(between Mount Pleasant and Yonge Street, near Yonge Street),
on Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 11 a.m. followed by a Celebration
of "Dodo's" remarkable life afterwards from 12: 30-2:00 at The
Granite Club, 2350 Bayview Avenue (north of Lawrence Avenue,
west side), where she enjoyed years of curling and Friendship
with the Granite Dancers. We only wish we had a tin of her famous
brandy snaps to share together one last time to celebrate this
truly remarkable, gracious and generous lady. "Do" dedicated
much time to charities. In lieu of flowers, donations to The
Hospital for Sick Children or The Toronto Humane Society would
be gratefully appreciated. We thankfully acknowledge the care
provided by Mount Sinai Hospital, particularly Doctor Kyle
KIRKHAM
and nurse Julia of the 17th floor during "Do's" last three weeks
and the many years of compassion, dedication and care provided
by her physician, Doctor Sydney
NUSINOWITZ.
Funeral arrangements
under the direction of Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel.
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NUSRAT o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-06-20 published
Dead trucker called hero in needless crash
By Canadian Press, Wed., June 20, 2007
Toronto -- A car can be as dangerous as "a loaded gun," and as
much as the government has done to crack down on street racing
and reckless driving, the responsibility ultimately lies in the
hands of those behind the wheel, Premier Dalton McGuinty said
yesterday.
McGuinty was commenting on a Monday morning crash on the busy
Highway 400 that killed a truck driver and snarled commuter traffic
until late that night.
Three men face a total of 11 charges in the crash, in which police
blame speed and dangerous driving.
David VIRGOE, 48, of Stroud, was identified yesterday as the
driver of the tractor-trailer who died in the crash.
VIRGOE leaves
behind three children and five grandchildren.
Family members told the media
VIRGOE was a very safe and experienced
driver who drove that stretch of highway each day.
The crash was the third major accident in four days on the busy
north-south highway, and the second fatal one.
"There is no excuse for this kind of tragedy to unfold on Ontario
highways," McGuinty said.
"We'll continue to talk to our police and ask them what it is
more that we might do to make our highways safer, but at the
end of the day there's one individual who sits behind the wheel
in a car. It's like a loaded gun," he said at an auto industry
funding announcement.
Prabhjit MULTANI, 20, and Nauman
NUSRAT, 19, the two men accused
in VIRGOE's death, appeared in Barrie court yesterday and were
remanded in custody pending a bail hearing set for Friday.
witnesses: said two or three cars were speeding and weaving in
and out of traffic when one caused the tractor-trailer to lose
control. The big rig ripped out a guardrail and careened back
across the highway, tumbling down an embankment and into a ditch.
"This is happening every day on our highways and I hope our justice
system pulls through and sends a message out," said Ontario Provincial
Police
Const.
Dave
WOODFORDE.
Drivers are hailing
VIRGOE as a hero for veering away from traffic
and saving lives in the process.
"That truck driver decided at some point in a split second that
he was going to save the lives of at least a dozen people on
that highway," said Brian
PATTERSON of the Ontario Safety League.
"That guy's a hero."
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NUSRAT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-20 published
Wife of crash victim calls for tougher laws
'My husband was a grandfather of five. He was 48 years old. And
I shouldn't be burying him,' she says
By Unnati GANDHI with a report from Matt
HARTLEY,
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A day before David
VIRGOE was killed in a horrific highway accident
for which police blame street racing, the carefree man was enjoying
Father's Day with his daughter and newborn grand_son.
Just before the family sat down for dinner that evening, he saw
a snake under a patio bench and decided to have some fun with
his daughter, Bobbi Jo. He chased the 29-year-old around the
backyard while waving his hand at her, pretending he was holding
a snake.
"She's screaming like a little girl and getting a kick out of
it, and he's laughing and running after her," his wife, Debbie,
told The Globe and Mail yesterday. "He was such a funny guy."
That scene, she said, keeps replaying in her mind. Not even 24 hours
later, the tanker truck Mr.
VIRGOE was driving was sideswiped
by a speeding car on Highway 400, causing him to veer into the
guardrail and crash into a ditch. He was pronounced dead at the
scene - and hailed as a hero for avoiding an even deadlier crash.
Police say two cars were racing in the northbound lanes near
Bradford that morning. Three men in their early 20s have been
charged with dangerous driving, street racing and other offences.
But Mrs. VIRGOE, citing a similar accident that sent 11 people
to hospital on the same stretch of highway just two days before
her husband was killed, wants more done to prevent future tragedies.
"They govern our big trucks so that they don't go over certain
speeds. It's time that they governed cars," she said from her
Innisfil home. "None of the speed limits are over 100 kilometres.
How come our cars go over 200?"
A friend of 19-year-old Nauman
NUSRAT, one of the men charged,
said Mr. NUSRAT was known to go at speeds of up to 180 kilometres
an hour in his Pontiac Grand Am.
"He was into racing. It was just like for fun," said the 21-year-old,
who did not want his name published. The two had worked together
at an Etobicoke Tim Hortons for the last year.
"When I was there, I didn't let him do that. I'm like, 'Don't
do it, don't do it,' he said, adding Mr.
NUSRAT would laugh
at him for being cautious. "His other Friends were kind of scared,
too. This guy's kind of a bold guy."
A woman who identified herself as the mother of another accused,
Prabjit MULTANI, 20 - also charged with dangerous driving and
street racing - declined comment when contacted by The Globe
and Mail. Both men appeared in Barrie court yesterday and were
remanded into custody pending a bail hearing set for Friday.
A third man, charged with dangerous driving, also appeared in
court.
Mrs. VIRGOE said the charges against the men are too lax.
"They just murdered a man on the street. Was it an intent to
set out to do that? In my mind, yes. The minute you get behind
a vehicle, it is a weapon all on its own. It has the ability
to do great damage, just like putting a knife in a child's hand,"
she said.
"My husband was a grandfather of five. He was 48 years old. And
I shouldn't be burying him on Friday."
In a sad twist, Mr.
VIRGOE just met the latest addition to the
family, born on May 14, on Sunday.
Brad VIRGOE, 23, said his father was always working hard for
his family. He would leave for work on Sunday nights, and come
home on Friday nights. He said his parents, after more than 20 years,
were about to move into their first house on July 6. They spent
all of Saturday packing.
"They were renting the house they were at and saving up money
so they can go out and put down the mortgage."
Professional driver George
CHAMBERS drives the 400 regularly.
At a truck stop just south of the crash site yesterday, he said
drivers always need to be watchful for vehicles speeding and
weaving, but they must be especially vigilant near cities.
"It's a big problem," he said.
Mr. CHAMBERS said Mr.
VIRGOE did the right thing by putting the
truck in the ditch to save the lives of the other drivers. "I
would have done the same thing if I had to," he said.
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