10-year-old child who died in North Vancouver boat crash identified [Video]

The 10-year-old victim of a speedboat crash in North Vancouver on Saturday evening has been identified as Lionel Hall.

Hall and another child were on an inflatable tube and being towed by a boat when it was struck by a speedboat off the shore of Cates Park just before 6:30 p.m. PT on Saturday.

Hall died on scene and the second child was airlifted to hospital in serious condition. 

Alcohol and speed are being investigated as factors in the fatal crash, and police arrested a North Vancouver man shortly after. He has not been named and hasn’t been charged.

Hall was identified as the victim by family friend Coreena Robertson, who said the 10-year-old’s mother Shelley Klassen and father Jason Hall described their son as “larger than life itself.”