Woman dead in early morning Delta crash, intersection shut down
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 May, 2023 02:41 PM
One person has been killed in a two-vehicle crash in Delta.
City police say a Surrey woman was killed this morning at Scott Road and 84th Avenue.
Please avoid the area while the closure is in place. It is not yet known when the intersection will re-open.
The cause of the crash is not yet known but police are appealing to anyone who witnessed the crash or has dash cam video of the area from around 5 a-m to please contact them.
The cause of death remains under investigation. Evidence indicates the woman died prior to the fire starting. Vancouver Police are working with the BC Coroners Service to identify the woman.
Environment Canada says anywhere from 15 to 25 centimetres is expected at higher elevations of the passes north and east of Hope by Tuesday morning. Up to 15 centimetres of snow is forecast along the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Squamish and Whistler, but the weather office says conditions there should ease by later in the day.
Flair Airlines says passengers were "impacted" after four of its leased aircraft were seized in Toronto, Edmonton and Waterloo, Ont., in what the company is calling a "commercial dispute." Flair issued a statement on Saturday calling the move by "a New York-based hedge fund" to take the aircraft "extreme and unusual."
Surrey Fire Service say they found one person dead inside an apartment after a fire in the Whalley area. The Surrey RCMP were also called in to the 13300 Block of 104th Avenue where the fire took place at around 8:30am on Saturday.
A province wide warrant has been issued for 24-year-old Austin Durocher, who is charged with one count each of assault, assault by choking, suffocating or strangling, causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal and uttering threats.
B.C. Premier David Eby says the province wants to remain "in sync" with West Coast American states and he's "very much looking forward to getting rid of daylight saving time." B.C.'s time change at 2 a.m. Sunday morning may be its last.