West Vancouver police spokesman Const. Nicole Braithwaite said that shortly after 6 p.m. PT a woman in her late 60s driving a vehicle on a public road “accelerated forward and ran into several people attending a wedding.” He did not say how many people were attending the wedding at the time of the crash, but that two people died in the crash. BC Emergency Health Services said 11 ambulances and a helicopter rushed to the property at Keith Road and Keith Place. Major emergency on Keith Road in West Vancouver, multiple ambulances, police, ambulances and a helicopter pic.twitter.com/ 37cxG36Zwr —@TimbuxA Rescuers took 10 people to the hospital. The agency said five people are in stable condition, three in serious condition and two in critical condition. Braithwaite said the woman driving the vehicle is cooperating with police. So far no charges have been proposed.
“tragic incident”
“What I can tell you is that I just think it was a tragic incident that happened and our hearts and thoughts are obviously with everyone who saw it at the wedding and everyone who was injured,” he said. Cpl. Dave Noon with the RCMP’s Lower Mainland Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service said on social media that the agency was dispatched to the 400 block of Keith Road “for a serious vehicle incident.” He wrote that the road was closed in both directions.
