HOPE (NEWS1130) – A 20-year-old man has been killed after trying to run across Highway 1 near Hope.
At about 11 p.m. last night, Hope RCMP received a complaint of three people walking westbound along Highway 3 (Old Hope Princeton Way). Police looked for the threesome but were unable to find them.
About a half an hour later, Hope RCMP and Fraser Valley Traffic Services called about someone being hit. A witness said four teenagers were walking along the highway when the man tried make it across the road to the grassy centre area.
Police say the driver of Chevrolet Pickup swerved to avoid the teens and was unable to avoid the man as he crossed the fast lane. Despite a doctor stopping to give first aid at the scene the man was pronounced death at scene.
The driver remained at scene and is cooperating with police.
RCMP say alcohol is believed to be a factor .
“This was an entirely preventable tragedy,” says Corporal Robert McDonald of BC RCMP Traffic. He also points out that in addition to being extremely dangerous to walk or hitchhike along Highway 1, is also illegal.