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Two people in hospital after hit and run involving motorcycle in East Vancouver

RCMP cruiser extensively damaged after being rammed, attacked by a man with an axe near Canora, Sask. File / Global News

Vancouver police are investigating an early morning hit and run on Vancouver’s east side.

It happened at about 1 a.m. this morning at Victoria Drive and East 43rd Avenue.

Police say it appears a motorcycle was struck by a car in the intersection, and that vehicle’s driver, believed to be Asian, then fled the scene. Police are looking for a white Toyota that will have damage to the front passenger side.

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Constable Brian Montague with Vancouver police says the operator of the motorcycle is a 41-year-old man and his passenger is a 29-year-old woman.

Both were taken to hospital with a variety of head and neck injuries and broken bones.

Officers had the area blocked off for several hours while they investigated and are asking anyone with information to call them.

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