Police seek witnesses to Downtown Eastside crash that ended in a man's arrest
Vancouver police are looking for witnesses and dashcam video, after a driver lost control of a car Friday night and struck a pole, leaving three passengers with significant injuries.
According to Vancouver Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Steve Addision, a brown 2002 Buick Century was being driven along East Cordova Street, near Powell Street, at 9:25 p.m. when the driver lost control of the car.
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The vehicle left the road and struck a pole.
Three passengers, all in their 30s, suffered a number of serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, including broken bones and broken teeth.
The driver, a 35-year-old Vancouver man, was arrested at the scene. Investigators believe speed and alcohol were factors in the collision.
Investigators ask anyone with dashcam video, or anyone who saw the vehicle before the collision, to contact VPD’s Collision Investigation Unit at 604-717-3012.