{"id":948508,"date":"2026-10-27T19:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948508\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T19:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T19:46:15","slug":"pedestrian-dies-after-being-hit-by-vehicle-on-marked-crosswalk-vpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948508\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle on marked crosswalk: VPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says a woman has died after being hit by a vehicle while walking across the street at a marked crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old was crossing Main Street at National Avenue just after midnight Sunday when an SUV travelling southbound hit her, police say.<\/p>\n<p>She was thrown approximately 30 metres, according to the VPD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim suffered significant injuries and resuscitation measures were performed, but she was pronounced dead at the scene just before 1 a.m. on Sunday,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with police. Alcohol and substance use are not believed to be factors in the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.citynews.ca\/2026\/10\/23\/east-vancouver-girl-hit-by-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">seven-year-old girl was taken to hospital<\/a> after being hit by a car in the Grandview-Woodland area of East Vancouver. Police say she suffered minor injuries and has since been released from hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The latest incident is under investigation.<\/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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793021531_24_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says a woman has died after being hit by a vehicle while walking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-948508","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\/948508","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=948508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}