Serious hit and run accident injures two, police investigation continues

Squamish

2022-09-06 13:02 PDT

File # 2022-5671

On September 3, 2022, at about 11:25 p.m., a member spotted a rolled over pick up truck on Cleveland Ave. and Pemberton Ave. The truck had gone over a sidewalk, through a chain link fence, damaged a bus stop sign, and hit two women.

A large number of nearby people saw the accident happen. The two women suffered serious injuries, and the male driver ran away from the scene. Bystanders came together to lift the truck off the injured women. BC Ambulance Service rushed the two women to a local area hospital. Local RCMP members and the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service are continuing the investigation.

Police located and arrested the driver for hit and run causing injury and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing injury.

The women remain in hospital with life altering injuries.

This was a significant event, and has had a large ripple effect in community, says Corporal Angela Kermer, Sea to Sky RCMP Media Relations Officer. We appeal to witnesses to contact police as our investigation continues. We also encourage people impacted to reach out to Victim Services at 604-892-6153 or email them at SQUAMISH_VICTIM_SERVICES@rcmp-grc.gc.ca for supports as needed.

Squamish RCMP asks anyone with any information regarding the above file to contact the local detachment at 604-892-6100, or, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, or go to www.solvecrime.ca
 

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Email: Ashley.MacKay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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