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Alcohol possible factor in crash that left 19-year-old woman dead in Delta: police

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WATCH: A young woman is dead and her friend injured after a two-vehicle crash in Delta – Jun 4, 2018

A young woman is dead and another injured after a two-vehicle crash in Delta on Saturday night.

Police said the two women were passengers in a northbound vehicle that had stopped on the side of Highway 17a at Ladner Trunk Road at around 10 p.m.

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The two were looking for something in the trunk when they were struck by a northbound jeep, officers said.

A 19-year-old woman died at the scene. Her 20-year-old friend was taken to hospital and is expected to survive.

The driver of the jeep,  who police said may have been impaired, remained at the scene.

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