{"id":697657,"date":"2026-05-27T18:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/697657\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:31:18","slug":"senior-dead-after-violent-west-end-vancouver-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/697657\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior dead after violent West End Vancouver crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A victim of a dramatic crash in Vancouver\u2019s West End two weeks ago has died, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Police Department says the incident was first reported around 5:30 a.m. on May 15, when the driver of a Jeep was seen acting erratically near Comox and Broughton streets, allegedly crashing into fences and plants in the Nelson Park dog area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral witnesses nearby had to scramble to get out of the way of the suspect\u2019s vehicle,\u201d a police statement described.<\/p>\n<p>The VPD says the driver then struck a senior who was riding a motorized mobility scooter, and finally came to a stop after crashing into a responding police vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Const. Darren Wong says the final crash destroyed the police vehicle and flipped the suspect\u2019s vehicle on its side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect was trapped inside the vehicle and arrested near Comox and Bute streets,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple ambulances responded along with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, who were able to free the man from the wreckage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an update Wednesday, the VPD confirmed that the senior citizen, a 75-year-old man, died on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, police said a 34-year-old man, with a history of police interactions in B.C. and Saskatchewan, was facing four counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>After the victim\u2019s death, the VPD says it \u201cnotified Crown counsel and [is] in the process of submitting evidence for consideration of additional charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two officers involved were reportedly released from hospital the same day.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) concluded that the driver\u2019s injuries \u201cdo not meet the threshold of serious harm.\u201d The IIO said it will not further investigate the officers involved.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the suspect remains in custody.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A victim of a dramatic crash in Vancouver\u2019s West End two weeks ago has died, police say. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-697657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697657","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=697657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}