The officials of the BC West Kootenay region seek to prohibit the noisy after an assault derived from the use of an air horn in a junior hockey game last month left a man Fruitvale, BC, BC, with serious injuries.
RCMP says the assault occurred at the Beaver Valley Arena in Fruitvale during a game between Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Grand Forks Border Bruins of the Kootenay Junior Hockey International League, a League League League League A.
The play in the March 19 game began by the use of an air horn, police said.
“Fruitvale man was supposedly thrown into the ground and suffered serious injuries as a result,” RCMP said in a statement.
“It was transported by BC Emergency Health Services to the hospital for immediate medical care. It remains in the hospital in serious condition.”
Ali Grieve, director of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and president of Beaver Valley Recreation, said that a person of interest during the game fled the scene after the incident.
She said the victim told her that the man was using an improvised air horn.
“I understand that he was asked several times to stop using this noise, and he didn’t,” said Grieve.
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The calls are growing so that the noisy are prohibited in the hockey games in western Kootenay after a man was violently attacked during a playoff game of hockey junior
She said that the Recreation Committee of Beaver Valley, which supervises the operations of the Beaver Valley Arena, is advancing with a policy to prohibit Nois Masters, such as Air Horn, Bells, Clankers and Drums.
“We want you to bring your voices. We want you to come to encourage. We want you to bring your hands and come and applaud. But the noisy will no longer be welcome in our sand or in our Arena de Affiliates in Grand Forks,” he said.
“It is about guaranteeing the safety of all fans and reducing the conflict in the stands.”
The life of the victim ‘changed forever’
Grieve says that the victim, a fan of the Nitehawks for a long time, suffered multiple injuries, required surgery on both legs and may need greater surgery.
“[He] He was hit unconscious when he was supposedly pushed by the stairs, “he said.” He also had a seizure at that time. “
She said the victim works on her own and has lost work while recovering.
RCMP has published an image of a man who can be involved in the assault. They describe him as a 50 -year -old Caucasian man from Grand Forks with a heavy construction, gray hair and mustache, who wore a gray cap, a black jacket and blue jeans.
Police added that they could have been accompanied by a Caucasian woman, approximately 50 years old, with long brown hair and glasses, with a black jacket and blue jeans.
Grieve expects the responsible person to be presented.
“It seems well known to our community and the Grand Forks hockey team, who is this person of interest. So I’m going to take this minute right now to ask him and the Bruins hockey team that encourage this person to present himself,” he said.
“Meanwhile, the victim and her family now have their lives changed forever.”
