Pedestrian in Vancouver in hospital with life-threatening injuries following hit and run

By Martin MacMahon

Posted October 12, 2021 12:26 pm.

Last Updated October 13, 2021 1:52 am.

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — A man is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a hit and run in Vancouver Tuesday morning.

Police are looking for a black pickup truck or SUV believed to have hit the man in the area of East 41st and Fraser Street just before 6:30 a.m.

The 30-year-old man suffered serious head injuries.

“We need anyone with information or dash cam footage to call police,” pleaded Const. Tania Visintin.

If you have information that can help, you’re asked to call the VPD Collision Investigation Unit at 604-717-3012.

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