Update: Young veteran hurt when struck by vehicle on 232 Street ramp Thursday is improving
On Thursday night, in the dark, wind and rain, a young friend of ours was hit by a vehicle on the 232 Street on-ramp to Highway 1. He had exited his vehicle, which had run out of gas, and was struck while he walked back to 232 Street, on the side of the road. John Lowe, who got married this summer, is a friend of our son Andrew. They attended elementary school together. He suffered serious injuries and is in intensive care at Royal Columbian Hospital. The timing of this calamity is ironic, to say the least, coming one day after Remembrance Day. John served Canada as a soldier in Afghanistan, and while he came home unscathed physically, several of his friends died there. He has been an active member of Wounded Warriors Canada and has helped raise funds and awareness of veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. A GoFundMe campaign to help him and his wife with added expenses has been set up. It can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/4ea7fprk Here's a ...