Fatal Burnaby crash involving Uber claims second life
Posted February 26, 2024 10:03 am.
Last Updated February 26, 2024 4:57 pm.
The Highway 1 crash in Burnaby that involved four young women on their way home in an Uber has claimed a second life, CityNews has confirmed.
The crash on Feb. 18 killed one woman at the scene and sent two others to hospital in critical condition.
The parents of one of the critically injured women have since told CityNews their daughter died from her injuries at Vancouver General Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 24.
Mursal Arifi is being remembered by friends as a “beautiful young soul who loved life, traveling, and her dog.” Her loved ones say she was close to her family, and that they “meant so much to her.”
The young women were reportedly in an Uber on their way home from an evening of celebration when the crash happened near the Sprott Street exit just before 4 a.m. on Feb. 18.
Corp. Melissa Jongema with the BC Highway Patrol told CityNews last week that a white Tesla operating as an Uber pulled over near the exit so the driver could attend to one of the four passengers.
Jongema says a Chevrolet SUV then hit the Tesla from behind.
The RCMP confirms that one woman who was taken to hospital in critical condition has been released, while the fourth woman received non-life threatening injuries and was released the same day.
CityNews has reached out to the BC Highway Patrol for an update on the status of the investigation.
