A chandelier is seen under the Granville Street Bridge in downtown Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, November 28, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
By The Canadian Press
May 14, 2026 | 10:49 AM
SURREY — British Columbia’s police watchdog agency is investigating the death of a woman who fell from Vancouver’s Granville Street Bridge in an incident that unfolded over more than nine hours.
The Independent Investigations Office says in a news release that the incident began around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
It says the bridge was shut and officers tried to communicate with the woman for several hours before she fell to her death around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The IIO says it has launched an investigation into the case, that will initially consider if police action or inaction played a role in the woman’s death.