A 17-year-old North Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»boy has died following a car accident in the Gleneagles neighbourhood of West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Saturday morning.
A 19-year-old female, who was a passenger in the vehicle at the time, was taken to Lions Gate Hospital with unknown injuries, according to West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»police.
Police say the crash occurred in the 6300 block of Marine Drive at around 4 a.m., when the driver of the 2002 BMW slid into a wood telephone pole.
West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»police, along with the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service, are now investigating what caused the crash.
“It was wet, but it’s too early to know a definitive cause,” said Sgt.
Paul Faris of the West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Police Department. “It seems speed was a factor.”
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or has dash cam footage of the accident, is asked to call the West Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»police non-emergency line at 604-925-7300.
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