4 people in hospital after serious East Vancouver crash
Four people are in hospital—two in critical condition—after a serious motor vehicle incident in East Vancouver Saturday morning.
BC Emergency Health Services said it got the call at 10:30 a.m. and sent five ambulances to the scene at Victoria Drive and East Hastings Street.
One of the patients in critical condition is suffering from life-threatening injuries, BCEHS said.
A motorcyclist named Anthony, who declined to share his last name, told CTV News he rode up to the scene shortly after the collision occurred.
He said it appeared as though a motorcycle travelling east on Hastings Street struck a white Tesla that was turning left onto Victoria Drive.
He called it an "ugly" scene, with significant damage to both the Tesla and the motorcycle. A blood stain could be seen on Hastings Street where one of the people on the motorcycle had landed after being thrown from the bike, he said.
The Vancouver Police Department confirmed it is investigating the cause of the crash. A spokesperson told CTV News there were two people on the motorcycle—a man and a woman—and they were the two that were seriously injured.
The intersection was closed for several hours and TransLink rerouted its Hastings Street buses via Powell Street as a result.
The detours ended around 1:30 p.m. according to the transit provider's Twitter account.
CTV News has reached out to Vancouver police and fire departments for more information.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
5 rescued after avalanche triggered north of Whistler, B.C. RCMP say
Emergency crews and heli-skiing staff helped rescue five people who were caught up in a backcountry avalanche north of Whistler, B.C., on Monday morning.
Quebec fugitive killed in Mexican resort town, RCMP say
RCMP are confirming that a fugitive, Mathieu Belanger, wanted by Quebec provincial police has died in Mexico, in what local media are calling a murder.
Bill Clinton hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson says
Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington after developing a fever.
Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal
First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he's picking fights even before taking office.
UN investigative team says Syria's new authorities 'very receptive' to probe of Assad war crimes
The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria said Monday the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus, and it is preparing to deploy.
Pioneering Métis human rights advocate Muriel Stanley Venne dies at 87
Muriel Stanley Venne, a trail-blazing Métis woman known for her Indigenous rights advocacy, has died at 87.
King Charles ends royal warrants for Ben & Jerry's owner Unilever and Cadbury chocolatiers
King Charles III has ended royal warrants for Cadbury and Unilever, which owns brands including Marmite and Ben & Jerry’s, in a blow to the household names.
Man faces murder charges in death of woman who was lit on fire in New York City subway
A man is facing murder charges in New York City for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames, police said Monday.
Canada regulator sues Rogers for alleged misleading claims about data offering
Canada's antitrust regulator said on Monday it was suing Rogers Communications Inc, for allegedly misleading consumers about offering unlimited data under some phone plans.