National

Street Race Crash In Surrey Sends Four To Hospital As Car Gets Pinned Under Semi

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 27 May, 2015 09:46 AM

SURREY, B.C. — Four people are in hospital after a crash that police say appears to have happened during a street race at 176th Street and 16th Avenue in Surrey, B.C. RCMP say the collision happened at about 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday.

Mounties say one vehicle was wedged under a semi truck while a second vehicle drove off. Officers say all of four people who were taken to hospital are expected to survive.

Police say one person is now being investigated for impaired driving.

Here's the Honda being towed. Road could reopen in 30 mins pic.twitter.com/7k2v7C6kc5
— Nafeesa Karim (@nafeesakarim) May 27, 2015

Lots of closures b/c of crash on 176 & 16th. 176 blocked betw 20th and 8th Ave. Flaggers giving directions to border pic.twitter.com/ysIG42wMZH
— Nafeesa Karim (@nafeesakarim) May 27, 2015

Just talked to driver of semi. He is able to drive away from this crash, he is unhurt. Scene should be clear shortly. pic.twitter.com/UF14Z9bmCu
— Nafeesa Karim (@nafeesakarim) May 27, 2015

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Cheaper Energy Prices In April Churn Out Weakest Inflation Rate Since 2013

The weight of low energy prices slowed the country's annual inflation rate to just 0.8 per cent last month — its weakest reading since October 2013, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Cheaper Energy Prices In April Churn Out Weakest Inflation Rate Since 2013

Centre Says LG Has Last Word In Postings, Arvind Kejriwal Attacks Modi

In a hurriedly-convened press conference following the home ministry's decree on the lt. governor's powers, Kejriwal likened Modi to "London" and Lt.Governor Najeeb Jung to "viceroy."

Centre Says LG Has Last Word In Postings, Arvind Kejriwal Attacks Modi

Saskatchewan Wrestles With Controversial Issue Of Farmland Ownership

CALGARY — Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart expects to catch an earful when the province's residents start to weigh in on who should and shouldn't be allowed to own farmland in Canada's breadbasket.

Saskatchewan Wrestles With Controversial Issue Of Farmland Ownership

Yosef Gopaul Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter In Death Of Surrey Hockey Mom Julie Paskall

Yosef Gopaul admitted to manslaughter in the death of the woman who went to a Surrey, B.C., arena to pick up her 16-year-old son, who'd been refereeing a minor hockey game.

Yosef Gopaul Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter In Death Of Surrey Hockey Mom Julie Paskall

White Rock Man's Elephant Selfie (or 'Elphie') In Thailand Garners Worldwide Attention

The University of British Columbia student Christian LeBlanc and his girlfriend was feeding an elephant when the animal grabbed his GoPro camera, set to continuous shooting, and snapped a photo with its trunk

White Rock Man's Elephant Selfie (or 'Elphie') In Thailand Garners Worldwide Attention

Family Struggles With Gruesome Killing Of Man In Upscale West Vancouver Neighbourhood

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia lawyer says his clients are trying to comprehend why a family member was the victim of an alleged gruesome murder in West Vancouver's upscale British Properties.