Charges laid in deadly Granville Island collision

A man is facing impaired driving and dangerous driving causing death charges following a fatal accident at the entrance to GranvilleIsland in 2017.

On Sunday May 28, 2017, an elderly man and two teenaged boys were struck by a vehicle travelling west on Fourth Avenue at Anderson Street. They were crossing the intersection around 5:30 p.m. in a crosswalk when they were hit.

The elderly man, David Wong, later died in hospital.

In June, more than a year later, Cory Andrew Pappwas charged with:

• Impaired driving causing bodily harm.
• Impaired driving causing death.
• Dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
• Dangerous driving causing death.
• Causingan accident resulting in bodily harm.
• And causingan accident resulting in death.

Papp, who was born in 1995, is expected in B.C. Provincial Court on August 16.

In 2009, a couple was killed at the same intersection in a hit and run.

In July 2016, an international student was killed on GranvilleIsland after a SUV crashed into a store.