On March 26th, at around 12:20 a.m., Burnaby RCMP frontline officers responded to a report of a pedestrian involved collision at Macpherson Avenue and Marine Drive in Burnaby.
A 19-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious and life threatening injuries.
Police believe the boy was struck by a sedan after entering into a confrontation with the occupants of that vehicle. The driver was reported to have immediately fled the scene.
The driver, a 20-year-old man, had accelerated to estimated speeds of 120-140 km/hr (posted 60 km/hr zone) and had attempted to “drift” through a hairpin turn.
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VPD investigators believe the incident occurred at around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday night in a parking lot outside the Walmart on Grandview Highway near Boundary Road.
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