{"id":857415,"date":"2026-08-14T05:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857415\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T05:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:04:08","slug":"6-year-old-child-killed-in-abbotsford-parking-lot-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857415\/","title":{"rendered":"6-year-old child killed in Abbotsford parking lot collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              6-year-old child killed in Abbotsford parking lot collision<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 3:55 pm Thursday, August 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p>A parking lot collision in Abbotsford on Thursday afternoon (Aug. 13) has left a six-year-old boy dead.<\/p>\n<p>Abbotsford Police Department said the incident occurred at approximately 12:45 p.m. in the parking lot of the Allwood Place (32633 Simon Ave.) townhouse complex.<\/p>\n<p>The young pedestrian was reportedly struck by an SUV and died despite life-saving efforts from witnesses and first responders.<\/p>\n<p>The driver remained on-site and is cooperating with authorities as they investigate the circumstances of the tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p>The entrance to the townhouse complex is closed while police conduct the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Abbotsford Police Department extends its heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the child involved in this tragic incident,\u201d said APD media relations officer Sgt. Paul Walker.<\/p>\n<p>Any other witnesses of the incident are encouraged to contact the police at 604-859-5225.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"6-year-old child killed in Abbotsford parking lot collision Published 3:55 pm Thursday, August 13, 2026 A parking lot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-857415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857415","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=857415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}