Saanich to improve crosswalk where teen was fatally struck in December
A crosswalk and intersection in Saanich where a teenager was fatally struck by a vehicle in December will undergo improvements starting Wednesday.
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A crosswalk and intersection in Saanich where a teenager was fatally struck by a vehicle in December will undergo improvements starting Wednesday.
Cyclist Paul O'Callaghan was struck by a vehicle in almost the exact same spot 16-year-old Kaydence Bourque had been killed two months earlier, prompting more calls for improved road safety in Saanich, B.C.
Kaydence Bourque is being remembered as a funny, polite and hard-working kid, who didn’t have a mean bone in his body. The 16-year-old died after he was hit by a vehicle in a Saanich, B.C., crosswalk on Monday night. His family shared a statement on Friday, fondly recalling his sweet and joyful nature.
Kaydence Bourque, 16, was about 30 metres from his Merriman Drive home in Saanich when he was hit by a vehicle at 9:45 p.m. in a marked and lighted crosswalk on Cedar Hill Cross Road.
Kaydence Bourque, 16, never regained consciousness after being struck by a vehicle at 9:45 p.m. Monday in a marked and lighted crosswalk