Police are investigating a serious collision that sent one man to hospital with critical injuries Monday.
Surrey Police Service Traffic Enforcement Unit, with support from the Lower Mainland District Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS), is looking into the late-afternoon (April 28) collision that resulted in one man being critically injured in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood.
Shortly before 6 p.m., RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit (SPOSU) officers came across a two-vehicle collision in the 14600-block of 72 Avenue while on patrol, a Surrey Police Service release said.
Surrey Police Service officers, Surrey Fire Service firefighters, and BC Emergency Health Services paramedics attended the scene. The driver of one of the vehicles, a man in his early 70s, was transported by BCEHS to hospital in critical condition and has potentially life-threatening injuries, the release noted.
The passenger in the vehicle that had the injured driver was treated for minor injuries. Neither of the two occupants of the second vehicle were injured.
SPS Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating the collision, and the cause remains under investigation.
Any witnesses to the collision or anyone with any information, including CCTV or dashcam footage is asked to call Surrey Police Service at 604-599-0502 and quote file 2025-33962 (SP).
