METRO VANCOUVER – An elderly woman was struck and killed by a SkyTrain at Nanaimo station Sunday night, according to Vancouver Fire Deputy Chief Mark Engler.
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The woman was trapped under the train, Engler said, but fire crews were able to extract her and she was being treated by medical personnel.
Officials said she died Monday morning.
SkyTrain service was shut down between Nanaimo and Joyce stations during the incident and a bus was shuttling passengers between them.
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