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Teen found in snowbank remains in hospital

RCMP are waiting to speak to a teen about how he ended up on the side of Peters Road, several kilometres from his school and his home in Abney.

RCMP are waiting to speak to a teen about how he ended up on the side of Peters Road, several kilometres from his school and his home in Abney.

Published on February 13, 2013
Published on February 13, 2013
Jim Day  RSS Feed

Accounts of incident on Facebook false

Topics :
RCMP , Queen Elizabeth Hospital , English Language Board , Montague , Peters Road

Police are trying to determine how a teenager came to be dangerously sprawled in a snowbank in bone-chilling temperatures last week a long distance from his school in Montague.

RCMP Sgt. Andrew Blackadar says police were called to a medical emergency last Wednesday at 7:25 p.m.

A 16-year-old student was lying in the snow. He was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he remains in stable condition.

Blackadar says police want to speak to the teen to determine how he ended up on the side of Peters Road roughly 15 kilometres from his school and shy of his home in Abney.

Bob Andrews, director of school effectiveness with the English Language Board, says the student reportedly left Montague Regional High School without permission. The teen’s parents were contacted as soon as school staff realized the student had left the building.

“My understanding is he went and got his coat and left school,’’ said Andrews.

Andrews is urging the public to ignore what he calls grossly false accounts of the incident appearing on social media including Facebook.

“We’ve looked at this. The school dealt with it appropriately per protocol.’’

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    clam
    - February 18, 2013 at 14:53:42

    I hope this young man will be ok.His family needs to be left alone at this time,they need to try come to terms with what happened,not having to read these negative stories.like some comments said if u don't know the facts just don't say anything.He and his family need people supporting them not judging them

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    Concerned Islander
    - February 13, 2013 at 13:51:44

    MAYBE IF ROBERT GHIZ PUT MORE MONEY INTO SCHOOLS THIST WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENEND HIRE COMPETANT TEACHERS AND FACE UP TO THE TRUTH ABOUT PNP GHIZZY

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    Sarandah
    - February 13, 2013 at 13:25:10

    I am going to assume that there must have been a compelling reason for this young man to leave school. School life these days is not like school life a couple of decades ago. Schools have become the bullies' playground. There are times when it is just best to walk away from a situation when words fall onto deaf ears.

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    facts people
    - February 13, 2013 at 13:24:18

    Do you people know the parents? Do you know this boy? Probably not! But I do. He is a terrific kid. Seemingly out of character for him, but we all mess up once in a while. No one knows the facts about this story but everyone has an opinion. Do you think that they arent going to read your stupid opinions? This article doesnt give the whole story. If you heard the story through other people then its not likely the right story either because I heard some of the stories and they are far from right. Respect their rights and let them deal with this the way they see fit and stop casting shadows.

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    G. D. Facebook
    - February 13, 2013 at 13:02:59

    Here we go again! WHEN.....WHEN.....WHEN.......ARE YOU STUPID FACEBOOKERS GOING TO SMARTEN UP AND GET RID OF THAT NO-GOOD-FOR-NOTHING-USELESS F _ C _ BOOK?

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    DEH
    - February 13, 2013 at 11:59:56

    This is horrible time for this family.. my thoughts go out to the parents! With that said, its disgusting the actions of some who have tried to make this incident about the schools. It brings forward questions in regards those peoples parenting skills as they seems they are oblivious to personal responsibility. A 16 year old young adult should be more than capable to make their own decisions, and this happened to be a disastrous one. He is lucky he didn't kill himself! The parents must be horrified in regard to this incident. Instead of blaming everyone around this young man, perhaps he needs a strong talking to.. and make sure he knows how lucky he is to be alive!

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    Jeff
    - February 13, 2013 at 11:03:42

    Hopefully this young man is ok and learned a good lesson. He is a 16 yr young adult is responsible for his own action. Don't blame the school. Young people need to take responsilbilty of their own actions and stop having Mommy & Daddy protecting them. Hope he gets back on his feets and gets back to school!!!

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    • Username
      Nope
      - February 13, 2013 at 11:28:36

      That's so 19th century. No one takes responsibility for stuff anymore. That from the old days when people's heads were full of religious tripe.

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      Emily
      - February 13, 2013 at 15:43:11

      Exactly! I'm not going to lie,I'm in high school right now and I skip school from time to time when we have a substitute last period and we're not doing anything useful, or if I have a project due the next day. I just walk home or leave school then came back to school in time to catch the bus, we've all done it. The school doesn't call your house saying you've skipped school. There is an automated caller that calls your house when you've been marked abscent in a class(and they don't call until the evening usually). And they call when you're sick too, not just skipping. I have never in my life heard of parents being contacted immediately once they realized someone wasn't at school once they are out of elementary school

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    Concerned Parent
    - February 13, 2013 at 10:42:12

    Sounds to me like the school board is trying to cover something up.

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    • Username
      you must be kreskin
      - February 13, 2013 at 11:15:47

      What part of this story gives you the indication the school board is covering something up? Kid leaves school without permission- parents notified (had to have been before 3:30 pm)- kid found in snowbank 15 km away from school, 4 hours after parents were notified. How about we wait until the RCMP talk to the kid and we get the full story before we start throwing false inuendos at the schools already.

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      LA
      - February 13, 2013 at 12:10:08

      Sounds more like you're hoping for a conspiracy.

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