1 child dead, 2 injured in hit-and-run in Surrey's Fraser Heights neighbourhood: police

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 13, 2025 10:53 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

A six-year-old miss is dormant and 2 different children are successful infirmary pursuing a hit-and-run collision successful Surrey's Fraser Heights neighbourhood Sunday afternoon.

In a connection Sunday evening, the Surrey Police Service said officers had responded to reports of a clang involving 3 children astatine the intersection of 164 Street and 108 Avenue astir 4 p.m. PT.

Police accidental the operator of a grey pickup motortruck struck the children and fled the scene. Despite efforts by archetypal responders, the six-year-old died from her injuries.

A seven-year-old miss suffered precocious assemblage injuries and a 16-year-old lad sustained injuries to his limb and torso. Both were taken to infirmary for further treatment, and constabulary accidental their injuries are not believed to beryllium life-threatening.

The pickup motortruck was recovered soon aft 5 p.m. adjacent 101 Avenue and 160 Street, aft reportedly striking astatine slightest 1 parked vehicle. 

"Police were connected the country precise rapidly and managed to find the operator and apprehension them," Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton told CBC News.

The origin of the clang remains nether investigation, but Houghton said intoxicant whitethorn person been a contributing factor.

"We've had to present immoderate precise bittersweet and unfortunate and tragic quality today," helium said. "Not lone is this a family's worst nightmare, this is simply a constabulary officer's worst nightmare arsenic well."

Houghton said the intersection is expected to stay closed good into the nighttime arsenic officers stitchery evidence. He is asking drivers and pedestrians to debar the area.