Driver allegedly spits on cyclist & strikes them with their vehicle
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Mar, 2024 03:54 PM
Victoria police say they are looking for a driver who allegedly spat on a cyclist and struck them with their vehicle.
They say the cyclist was at an intersection the afternoon of March 17th when the driver of a black S-U-V spat at them through their open window.
Police say the cyclist confronted the driver when they met again at another intersection where cyclist was struck by the vehicle and knocked off their bike.
Victoria police say the S-U-V is described as a 2010-2014 model with B-C Parks license plates and pre-existing damage to the driver’s side door.
Surrey RCMP is at the scene of a motor vehicle collision in the area of 66th Avenue and 128 Street, where one vehicle has hit a natural gas meter. Fortis BC has been advised, and the immediate area is being evacuated as a precaution until crews can arrive to make repairs.
The overdose death toll in January reached 198 people, down about 10 per cent from the same month last year, but still more than six deaths a day. The B-C Coroners Service says the majority of those who died were male and the highest death rate was in north and central Vancouver Island and the northern Interior.
Four people are in hospital after a two-vehicle crash in Kelowna. R-C-M-P say it happened last night on Highway 33 when Toyota collided with a Dodge. The Mounties say all four were taken to hospital in critical condition.
Mounties are warning of the latest bank card scam that has taken in a few people in Burnaby. Police say they've had five reports of people getting calls from someone saying their bank or credit card had been compromised.
Police in Sooke say a female has died after being struck by a vehicle. R-C-M-P say the incident happened at about 5:30 this morning. Police say emergency responders attempted to save the woman, but she didn't survive.
Mounties in North Vancouver are probing the alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy inside a public park last week. Investigators with North Vancouver R-C-M-P say the suspect approached the teen from behind and sexually assaulted the youth at the Inter River Park washroom.
