One person is reportedly dead and two others are injured after a pickup truck hit a bench, striking people who were waiting for the bus in Surrey Saturday afternoon.
The truck also plowed through a fence and hit a house, one of its inhabitants telling CTV News off-camera that he felt the home shake.
Another resident, who is a nurse, performed CPR on one of the victims, but the individual died at the scene, according to the witness.
A tarp could be seen underneath the pickup truck.
BC Emergency Health Services told CTV News it sent six ambulances to the scene at 67 A Avenue and 144 Street around 4:30 p.m.
“Paramedics provided emergency medical treatment to three patients at the scene. Paramedics transported two patients to hospital,” a spokesperson wrote.
Police shut down 144 Street in both directions between 64th and 68th avenues, and the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service was sent to the area to investigate, …