A 16-year-old girl who was rushed to hospital on Tuesday afternoon following what appears to be a hit and run in Port Coquitlam has died.
Mounties say it appears a black pick-up truck, possibly without a canopy, being driven by an older male with graying hair fled the scene after hitting the teenager.
The girl, who was crossing the road in the crosswalk with another girl, was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The BC Coroners Service notified RCMP at 3:30 a.m. this morning that the victim had died.
She was a student at Riverside Secondary School in Port Coquitlam and has been identified as Annie Leung.
Police say after the incident the driver stopped a short way down the road, got out of his truck, saw what happened, got back in and then drove away. Mounties say there is no way the driver did not know he had hit someone.
He was last seen heading southbound on Mary Hill Road.
There were numerous road closures in the area of Mary Hill Road and Pitt River Road while police investigated what happened.
The Coquitlam RCMP Traffic Services are investigating the collision with the assistance of the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS).
The Coquitlam School District has issued the following statement:
“The loss of one of students is a devastating blow to our school community. We are providing support to the staff who worked with the student, as well as classmates, through our Critical Incident Response procedures. We will also be working with our community partners, including the RCMP. Our thoughts go out to her family during this sad time.”
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