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A man accused of driving at more than 250 kilometres an hour has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm in connection with a crash in Vancouver last year.
The crash happened on South West Marine Drive at 3 a.m. on April 12, 2015, when the driver crashed a Mercedes into someone’s front yard near 57 Avenue. They were in the car, injured, for almost an hour before someone found them and called for help.
Yue Hui Wang, who was 18 at the time of the crash, has been arrested, Vancouver Police announced Wednesday. He’s been ordered to surrender his passport, and is prohibited from being in the driver’s seat of any motor vehicle.
“My understanding is he was coming back to participate in a ceremony for his Canadian citizenship,” Vancouver Police Const. Brian Montague told reporters. “Whether he knew there was a warrant out for his arrest, that I’m not sure.”
While Wang walked away relatively unscathed from the crash, his 17-year-old passenger wasn’t so lucky. He was hospitalized for “some time,” police said, and treated for head trauma, facial fractures, brain swelling, a broken arm and an eye injury. The passenger has had at least one surgery since his release from hospital, Montague said.
Vancouver Police completed a report for Crown Counsel, which included evidence “suggesting the driver was allegedly travelling in excess of five times the speed limit when he lost control of the vehicle.”
During the police investigation, Wang returned to China, but a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Vancouver Police Const. Brian Montague said: “We’re very lucky, I think, that we didn’t pull two dead bodies from this vehicle.”
Montague said Wang wound up missing his citizenship ceremony and is not currently a Canadian citizen.
Agencies/Canadajournal
