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B.C. farm van failure rate 'alarming'
2007-04-13 14:37 CBC News | Almost 40 per cent of the farm vans checked recently by government inspectors in the Fraser Valley failed to meet safety standards, according to a B.C. Ministry of Transportation report.
The random spot checks began after three farm workers died in an accident last month on the Trans-Canada Highway near Abbotsford.
Three women died last month when the van taking them to work flipped over on the Trans-Canada Highway near Abbotsford.
The inspectors pulled over 180 vans between March 15 and 23. Sixty-seven failed the inspections and were ordered off the road. The infractions ranged from faulty brakes to drivers not having a proper licence. |
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