21 year old pedestrian in hospital with life threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Burnaby
Darpan News Desk Burnaby RCMP, 23 May, 2022 01:37 PM
Burnaby RCMP’s Criminal Collision Investigation Team (CCIT) has assumed conduct of a collision in the 6600 block of Hastings Street that has sent one pedestrian to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 11:26 p.m., Burnaby RCMP frontline officers came upon a pedestrian that had been struck by a vehicle in the 6600 block of Hastings Street in Burnaby. A 2019 white Ford Edge was travelling east-bound on Hastings Street when it struck a lone pedestrian crossing the roadway.
The 21-year-old male pedestrian was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the white Ford Edge remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
Burnaby RCMP’s Criminal Collision Investigation Team is working to determine the circumstances of the crash.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed this collision or who may have dash cam video while travelling on Hastings Street near Sperling Avenue in Burnaby from 11:00 p.m. to midnight on May 22, 2022 to contact the Burnaby RCMP at 604-646-9999.
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