WARNING: Disturbing details.
A skateboarder is dead after a collision with a semi-truck that happened near New Westminster’s Queensborough Bridge on Friday afternoon.
Photos from the scene show a semi-truck behind police tape, skidmarks on the ground and a skateboard lying near a pile of clothing.
Police aren’t entirely clear on what happened in the incident on Boyd Street.
But at this point they’re investigating a “fatal motor vehicle incident” that involved a man who was believed to be on a skateboard, New Westminster police Sgt. Jeff Scott said.
Police said they’re still trying to determine whether the skateboarder was in a crosswalk or just close to one.
“We’re asking if anyone who did witness this who hasn’t spoken to us to give us a call,” Scott said.
The police department’s Collision Reconstruction Team is working to determine what happened.
The truck driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with police.
Here are some more photos from the scene: