Police are looking for help to piece together what caused a rollover crash that killed two men in Burnaby yesterday.
The call originally came in as a four-vehicle collision at Duthie Avenue and Montecito Drive at about 5:20 p.m., according to Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Mike Kalanj.
“It was chaos,” he said.
A pickup was found on its side after crashing into a pole with the driver trapped inside, a golf cart lay upside down in the middle of the road and a mangled trailer was pushed up against another parked pickup with a smashed tailgate.
Firefighters had to cut the driver out of the flipped truck with the Jaws of Life, but the 38-year-old died at the scene, according to Kalanj.
A 57-year-old man associated with the parked pickup also died at the scene, he said.
Investigators have determined the flipped truck, a black Ford F150 pickup, was traveling south on Duthie before it slammed into the parked vehicle and rolled, according to Kalanj.
He said police are still trying to figure out where the second man was when the crash happened.
“We don’t believe he was inside the vehicle, but we don’t know for sure,” Kalanj said.
Police are still in the process of determining whether speed or alcohol were factors, he said
Collision analysts were on scene for hours yesterday, and Burnaby RCMP is waiting for their report, according to Kalanj.
Investigators are now urging anyone with security or dascam video in the area around the time of the crash to contact police.
“We know the vehicle came from the north, so even if someone has dashcam from three minutes before, five minutes before up the road, it might give us an idea of something,” Kalanj said.
Look for a black Ford F150 pickup with a licence plate starting with the letters HA.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Burnaby RCMP at 604-646-9999.
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