Fatal motor-vehicle incident in Oak Bay
An SUV struck and killed a District of Oak Bay employee working in a construction zone on Monterey Avenue Wednesday morning, say Oak Bay Police.The SUV was heading northbound on Monterey Avenue when it left the roadway and struck the 52-year-old man, who was inspecting a manhole cover in the park, police said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the black SUV was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Multiple police cars were outside the Oak Bay Fire Hall, next to an area behind police tape. A coroner and officers are investigating. Neighbour Jim Harker said he heard a “really loud thud” around 8:10 a.m. and rushed toward the noise as he saw four or five firefighters came out of the Oak Bay Fire Hall just across the street.A retired Kamloops firefighter, Harker helped to direct traffic as firefighters worked on someone on the ground.Harker saw firefighters trying to remove a female driver whose car was crashed into a tree with a smashed windshield and crumpled at the front.
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