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VPD investigation leads to charges in 2021 downtown collision that claimed the life of a 23 month old child

Darpan News Desk Vancouver Police, 14 Jul, 2022 09:37 AM

Vancouver – Charges have been approved against a North Vancouver man following a comprehensive investigation by the Vancouver Police Department’s Collision Investigation Unit into a fatal collision that took the life of a 23-month-old child last summer.

A black Ford Escape collided with a black McLaren in the intersection of Smithe and Hornby streets on July 6, 2021. Following the collision, the Ford Escape mounted the sidewalk, striking a man who was carrying his 23-month-old daughter. The child died and the father was taken to hospital with life-altering injuries.

Seyed Moshfeghi Zadeh, 30, has been charged with one count of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death and one count of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm.

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