Shark Club worker horribly injured being dragged by car in Downtown Eastside
Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:43:02 +0000
Desiree Evancio is believed to have been walking near East Hastings and Jackson Avenue on Oct. 12, 2019, when she was struck by a van pulling a trailer and became trapped under the vehicle.
The life of a young woman from Ontario who moved to B.C. and worked at the Shark Club in downtown Vancouver has been changed forever after a horrific accident in the Downtown Eastside last Saturday morning.
Desiree Evancio, 24, has been identified as the person struck by a van at Hastings Street and Jackson Avenue at 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 12. Evancio was caught under the vehicle, which continued to travel along Hastings west for four blocks before it stopped.
Vancouver police spokesman Const. Steve Addison told Postmedia News that investigators believed the driver may have been impaired by alcohol and were investigating what role that impairment played in the collision.
Addison said the driver and the vehicle were both from the United States and that the driver had not been charged with a criminal offence.
“I do not know if the driver has returned to the U.S.,” he said.
According to a GoFundMe page, Evancio is in Vancouver General Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Evancio’s sister, Ashley Danh, has commented on the page, saying the reason they are trying to raise $1 million is because it is likely the driver’s U.S. insurance won’t cover her sister’s recovery costs.
Desiree Evancio is believed to have been walking near East Hastings and Jackson Avenue on Oct. 12, 2019, when she was struck by a van pulling a trailer and became trapped under the vehicle.
Danh said Evancio lost her right eye, and that on Wednesday she would undergo a 10-hour surgery to replace her left cheekbone with bone taken from her leg.
“Bone and tissue needs to be cut and taken from her leg and formed to replace her cheekbone. Her jaw is broken in three places and needs a plate inserted,” Danh wrote. It’s likely she has lost the use of her left arm.
“It is currently undetermined what lies ahead for her, what her recovery will be and whether she will have lifelong ailments because of this,” Danh wrote.
The GoFundMe page was created by Evancio’s co-workers from the Shark Club.
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