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Elderly driver killed in a T-bone crash

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Jan, 2025 11:45 AM

Police in Delta are looking for video surveillance footage after an elderly driver was killed in a T-bone collision.

Police say the victim was leaving a Wendy's restaurant on December 22nd when the vehicle was struck on its driver's side by another car.

The driver of the vehicle that was hit died a few days after the crash.

Investigators are looking for dash-cam video or other security camera footage to determine what happened in the area of the 93-hundred block of Scott Road around the time of the incident.

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