Community mourns 6-year-old killed in hit-and-run in Surrey, B.C.

Tessa Vikander · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 14, 2025 11:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

A assemblage is mourning aft the decease of a six-year-old who was struck by a car successful a hit-and-run connected Sunday successful Surrey, B.C. 

The crash, which happened precocious Sunday day astatine the intersection of 164 Street and 108 Avenue, besides injured the child's 2 siblings.

First responders tried to prevention the girl's life, but she died astatine the scene. 

"She was lying down connected the crushed not moving … and astatine that time, I didn't cognize that she was not present anymore," said Sawarn Jawanda, who lives adjacent the tract of the crash.

Police say a grey pickup motortruck struck each 3 children and fled the scene.

About an hr aft the incident, constabulary accidental they received calls astir a similar-looking motortruck parked astir a kilometre away.

Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton of the Surrey Police Service said officers arrested the antheral who was wrong the truck, but helium has since been released.

Police accidental intoxicant whitethorn person been a factor, but they person not yet recommended charges, and their probe is ongoing.

Safety concerns raised by residents

Jessica Weismiller, who lives adjacent the scene, says she has agelong disquieted astir information astatine the intersection — determination are nary postulation lights, and an simple schoolhouse is conscionable a fewer 100 metres away.

"I americium not, I guess, amazed successful immoderate ways. I archer my 12-year-old to debar this intersection each clip if he's retired by himself; he's not to travel here," she said.

ICBC postulation information indicates determination person been 3 crashes astatine the intersection betwixt 2019 and April 2023, 1 of which progressive either an wounded oregon fatality.

In a statement, the Surrey School District confirmed the children progressive were students successful the territory and said it was offering counselling services to enactment the schoolhouse assemblage successful the aftermath of the incident.