Investigators are urging the driver in a hit and run to come forward after a collision in the Brow of the Hill neighbourhood this week.
Police cruisers had 12th Street between Fourth and Sixth avenues closed off to traffic Tuesday evening after a 33-year-old Burnaby woman was hit by a car. Why and where she was hit remains unclear at this time, said acting Sgt. Jeff Scott, spokesperson for the New Westminster Police Department.
The crash happened shortly before 5 p.m. The pedestrian was hit on Fifth Avenue near 12th Street, and police are encouraging witnesses to come forward with any information or video footage of the crash. The suspect’s vehicle is described as a newer black sedan.
The pedestrian, meanwhile, was taken to hospital with minor injuries and has since been released. Scott said it doesn’t appear the suspect driver was speeding at the time of the collision.
“We’d like to know motive, like why aren’t you (the driver) staying on scene if it’s not as serious as some of the other types of collisions that we go to that are hit and runs,” Scott said. “That’s kind of our plea to the driver: come forward and speak with investigators, so we can get to the root cause of why and how this all happened.”
So far investigators haven’t learned much from the victim.
“At the time, she wasn’t necessarily forthright with a bunch of information, and I don’t know if that’s because she was dealing with medical staff and wasn’t really wanting to have a lot of police presence through that, so we’ll be following up with her to try and get some more information about how this all came to be,” Scott said.
Any witnesses or persons with surveillance footage of the crash are asked to contact investigators at 604-525-5411.
