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84 year old struck in New Westminster

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Oct, 2023 09:51 AM

Police in New Westminster are looking for witnesses and dash-cam video after a hit-and-run left an 84-year-old man with serious injuries.

Police say officers found the man who had been hit by a driver in the parking lot of a gas station at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street around 8 p-m Monday night.

They say the senior was brought to the hospital.

Police say witnesses described the suspect as an Asian man who was driving a white pickup truck, with construction equipment in the box of the truck.

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