Police have arrested a driver who left the scene of a fatal accident in Surrey Saturday afternoon.
Surrey RCMP say witnesses helped track the man who attempted to leave his vehicle near the crash site at 132 Street and 72 Avenue.
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“We were able to locate the driver of the vehicle that had fled and take him into custody a short distance away,” said Staff Sgt. Blair McColl.
McColl said there were two women in the other vehicle.
“The driver was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The passenger in the front of the vehicle was deceased at the scene.”
Mounties are looking into whether speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.