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Vancouver police are appealing for the driver involved in a fatal hit and run early Saturday morning to come forward.
According to police, witnesses reported seeing a car hit a pedestrian near the intersection of East Hastings Street and Jackson Avenue, in the city's Downtown Eastside, at about 4:10 a.m. PT. The driver initaly stopped, but left the scene before he was identified.
hastings at jackson, vancouverEast Hastings Street at Jackson Avenue
The victim, a 30-year-old Vancouver woman, was rushed to hospital where she died from her injuries at about 8:30 a.m. Her identity is being withheld until her family has been notified.
Police are working to identify the driver, who is described as a white male between 25 and 35 years of age with dirty blonde hair. A female passenger in the car at the time is believed to be about the same age.
Evidence collected at the scene has helped collision investigators to identify the car as a black 2010 Lexus IS 350 convertible.
Police are working to match a licence plate to the car.
"This is a senseless loss of life," said VPD Const. Jana McGuinness. "Decisions were made at the time by the driver, but now the right thing to do is to come forward."
Anyone with information, or who may have witnessed the collision, is asked to contact the Vanouver Police Department Collision Investigation Unit at 604-717-3012 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Vancouver has recorded 11 traffic fatalities in 2011, four in the past week. There were a total of nine traffic fatalities in 2010 and 16 in 2009.
According to police, witnesses reported seeing a car hit a pedestrian near the intersection of East Hastings Street and Jackson Avenue, in the city's Downtown Eastside, at about 4:10 a.m. PT. The driver initaly stopped, but left the scene before he was identified.
hastings at jackson, vancouverEast Hastings Street at Jackson Avenue
The victim, a 30-year-old Vancouver woman, was rushed to hospital where she died from her injuries at about 8:30 a.m. Her identity is being withheld until her family has been notified.
Police are working to identify the driver, who is described as a white male between 25 and 35 years of age with dirty blonde hair. A female passenger in the car at the time is believed to be about the same age.
Evidence collected at the scene has helped collision investigators to identify the car as a black 2010 Lexus IS 350 convertible.
Police are working to match a licence plate to the car.
"This is a senseless loss of life," said VPD Const. Jana McGuinness. "Decisions were made at the time by the driver, but now the right thing to do is to come forward."
Anyone with information, or who may have witnessed the collision, is asked to contact the Vanouver Police Department Collision Investigation Unit at 604-717-3012 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Vancouver has recorded 11 traffic fatalities in 2011, four in the past week. There were a total of nine traffic fatalities in 2010 and 16 in 2009.