Cab driver dead in east Vancouver T-bone collision with car2go
Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 17:03:26 +0000
A cab driver has died after a car2go T-boned a taxi in east Vancouver early Sunday morning.
Vancouver police say alcohol and speed appear to be factors, and that the driver of the car2go is believed to have evaded police during a CounterAttack roadblock earlier in the evening.
Around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, a car2go entered the intersection of 1st Avenue and Renfrew during a red light and T-boned a Yellow Cab carrying two passengers.
“The force of the collision sent the taxi into the Royal Bank on the southeast corner, causing damage to the building,” according to a police statement.
First responders treated all four individuals, including the 20-something male driver of the car2go, the 28-year-old male Yellow Cab driver and two female cab passengers.
VANCOUVER, B.C., December 29, 2019 – Broken windows at the Royal Bank are pictured following a collision on Dec. 29, 2019. Speed and alcohol were likely factors after a car2go entered an intersection at East 1st Avenue and Renfrew in east Vancouver during a red light and T-boned a Yellow Cab on Sunday, December 29, 2019 around 3:30 a.m. in Vancouver, B.C. The 28-year-old male cab driver was taken to hospital but did not survive. The 20-something car2go driver was also taken to hospital with serious injuries. Two female cab passengers went to hospital as well and suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Both drivers and both passengers were taken to hospital for treatment but the cab driver did not survive. The car2go driver remains in hospital with serious injuries, while the two passengers suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Collision investigators with the Vancouver police believe speed and alcohol were factors in the collision; police also believe the driver of the car2go had earlier in the evening evaded officers at a CounterAttack roadblock.
The Independent Investigations Office will also probe the collision, which is protocol for any cases involving police that result in injury or death.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or spotted either vehicle driving just before the collision is asked to contact investigators at 604-717-3012.
It is the city’s 14th traffic-related fatality of the year.