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Pedestrian involved in a fatal collision with a transit bus: New Westminster Police investigate

Darpan News Desk New Westminster Police, 09 Nov, 2022 02:16 PM

The New Westminster Police are investigating fatal motor vehicle incident investigation in the 300 block of East 8^th Avenue.

On Tuesday in the evening around 7:00 patrol officers were called to the 300 block of East 8^th Avenue for an unresponsive pedestrian involved in a collision with a transit bus.

Via release, Sergeant Justine Thom says “This is a tragic event and our thoughts are with the family of this individual, we have a large team of investigators working together to determine how this happened, but we are still in the early stages at this point.”

Anyone with information is asked to call the New Westminster Police Department at 604-525-5411.

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