A young man has been arrested and charged in relation to a violent single-car crash last year that sent his 17-year-old passenger to hospital with multiple injuries in serious condition.
The car was westbound on S.W. Marine Drive at 3:00 a.m. on April 12th, 2015, when the driver crashed into someone’s front yard near 57th Avenue. It was almost an hour before someone located them and called for help.
The driver was treated in hospital and released the following day. The passenger was in hospital for some time to recover from head trauma, facial fractures, brain swelling, a fractured arm, and possible eye damage.
Preliminary examination of the damage and debris field led police to believe the car was travelling at a high rate of speed. After an extensive investigation, the VPD Collision Investigation Unit provided a report to Crown recommending criminal charges. That report included evidence suggesting the driver was allegedly travelling in excess of five times the speed limit when he lost control of the vehicle.
Nineteen-year-old Yue Hui Wang has been arrested and charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm. He has been released from custody until his next court appearance.
Wang was ordered to surrender his passport and has conditions not to be found in the driver’s seat of any vehicle.
