Woman dies after being struck by cement truck in Vancouver
Posted February 6, 2020 4:31 pm.
Last Updated February 7, 2020 2:30 pm.
Editor’s note: Vancouver police have since corrected the woman’s age to 90, not in her 60s as originally reported.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — A woman in her 90s has died after being struck by a cement truck on the Downtown Eastside Thursday afternoon.
Police say the incident happened at the intersection of Powell Street and Jackson Avenue around 2:30 p.m.
Correction: The pedestrian who was struck and killed yesterday afternoon was 90 years old, not in her 60s. https://t.co/ZftqTr5XnT
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) February 7, 2020
“Paramedics from BC Ambulance Services attended but were unable to revive her and she was pronounced dead,” says a release from the Vancouver Police Department. “The driver remained on scene and is cooperating with police. Speed and alcohol aren’t believed to be a factor.”
This is the city’s second pedestrian fatality of 2020.
Police are asking anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have dashcam footage to contact them at 604-717-3012.
