{"id":284215,"date":"2025-11-15T07:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284215\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T07:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:18:11","slug":"5-pedestrians-cyclists-struck-in-2-days-in-burnaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/284215\/","title":{"rendered":"5 pedestrians \/ cyclists struck in 2 days in Burnaby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voiceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Burnaby-RCMP-Crosswalk-Sign.jpg?fit=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-caption=\"Photos: Burnaby RCMP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- alt=\"\" title=\"Burnaby RCMP Crosswalk Sign\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Burnaby-RCMP-Crosswalk-Sign.jpg\"\/><\/a>Photos: Burnaby RCMP            <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BURNABY RCMP are\u00a0 warning drivers and pedestrians to be aware of their surroundings while on or near roadways this time of year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s dark and rainy in the morning. It\u2019s dark and rainy in the evening. It\u2019s dark and rainy at night. It\u2019s even dark and rainy during the day sometimes,\u201d said Cpl. Mike Kalanj with Burnaby RCMP. \u201cPlease be careful around our roadways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burnaby RCMP have responded to five collisions involving cyclists, pedestrians or scooters over two days. While three of the victims were transported to the hospital, in each case, the victims suffered only minor injuries, with most of them being in a crosswalk or bike lane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith darkness and the inclement weather conditions, statistically speaking, we know that people die on our roadways this time of year.\u201d Kalanj said. \u201cEvery year around this time, we have to tell a family that their loved one is not coming home. We\u2019re asking everyone on the road, pedestrians and drivers, to take the precautions necessary to keep each other safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164925\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"429\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Burnaby-RCMP-Rainy-view.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pedestrian Safety Tips:<\/p>\n<p>Always use crosswalks<br \/>\nMake eye contact with drivers<br \/>\nRemove your headphones<br \/>\nWear reflectors and bright clothing<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driver Safety Tips:<\/p>\n<p>Focus on the road<br \/>\nSpecifically look for pedestrians<br \/>\nReduce your speed<br \/>\nPrepare your vehicle for bad weather<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more safety tips, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icbc.com\/road-safety\/sharing\/pedestrian-safety\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.icbc.com\/road-safety\/sharing\/pedestrian-safety&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1763233914115000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2s8zghdvx97xE26VEUay-o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ICBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos: Burnaby RCMP BURNABY RCMP are\u00a0 warning drivers and pedestrians to be aware of their surroundings while on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[879,129128,129129,129130,49,48,2169,635,82],"class_list":["post-284215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-breaking-news","tag-burnaby-cyclists-struck","tag-burnaby-pedestrians-struck","tag-burnaby-rcmp","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}