A driver and his child passenger had a lucky escape on Sunday afternoon, after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a ditch in Richmond.
A Richmond News reader contacted the newsroom to say they had spotted a “distraught middle-aged woman with a young child” at the side of Westminster Highway at around 4 p.m., between No. 6 and 7 roads.
The reader said he noticed several RCMP vehicles and a tow truck and was concerned that a cyclist had been hit.
However, Richmond RCMP told the News that it was, in fact, a single-vehicle incident at around 3:30 p.m., with a dark coloured SUV found in a ditch.
Cpl. Dennis Hwang, Richmond RCMP spokesperson, said the driver, a 63-year old man from Surrey and the rear passenger, a five-year old child from Burnaby, were both “luckily uninjured.”
Hwang added that police are still investigating the crash but “believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel.”
