2 people killed, 10 injured after vehicle crashes through West Vancouver wedding party, say responders

Emergency responders in West Vancouver, B.C., say two folks had been killed and 10 others had been injured after a automobile drove by means of the yard of a residence the place a marriage occasion was happening Saturday.

West Vancouver police spokesperson Const. Nicole Braithwaite stated that simply after 6 p.m. PT a lady in her late 60s driving a automobile on a shared driveway “accelerated ahead and crashed into a number of people who had been attending a marriage.”

She didn’t say how many individuals had been attending the marriage on the time of the crash, however that two folks died from the collision.

B.C. Emergency Well being Providers stated 11 ambulances and a helicopter rushed to the property at Keith Road and Keith Place.

Paramedics transported 10 folks to hospital. The service stated 5 folks had been in secure situation, three had been in severe situation and two had been in important situation.

Braithwaite stated the girl driving the automobile is co-operating with police. No prices have been really useful thus far.

‘Tragic incident’

“What I can let you know is that I simply assume it was a tragic incident that occurred, and our hearts and ideas exit to clearly everyone that witnessed it on the wedding ceremony and all the injured events,” she stated.

Cpl. Dave Midday with the RCMP’s Decrease Mainland Built-in Collision Evaluation and Reconstruction Service said on social media that the service had been despatched to the 400 block of Keith Highway “for a severe automobile incident.”

He wrote that the street was closed in each instructions.