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Pedestrian Suffers Serious Injury after being Struck by Vehicle
On Monday, March 11, 2013 at approximately 10:30 PM, the New Westminster Police were dispatched to the area of 6th Street and 6th Avenue in New Westminster for a collision involving a pedestrian. A twenty-five-year old female was struck in the intersection by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle remained on scene and cooperated […]
Serial car thief arrested in stolen vehicle minutes after being released from NWPD cells
On March 5th, 2013 at approximately 1:15 PM, patrol members of the New Westminster Police Department located a stolen 1996 Honda Odyssey van parked in the unit block of Church Street, about half a block from the NWPD office. Shortly after being located the van became mobile and was followed by the NWPD members. Fortunately […]
Male Charged after Crashing Through the Front Entrance of RCH
On September 9th, 2012 at 1:35 am, the New Westminster Police Department received a phone call regarding a vehicle that had crashed through the front entrance to the Royal Columbian Hospital. The NWPD arrived and observed a black truck, bearing British Columbia License Plate EH 2567, stopped inside the main entrance of the hospital causing […]
NWPD members apprehend wanted suspect
On July 30th, 2012 at approximately 1:30 pm, New Westminster Police Constables Pakosh and Santaga were just completing an unrelated traffic stop in the 400 block of 9th Street when they observed a BMW traveling southbound on 9th Street at a high rate of speed. Both members attempted to flag the driver over for speeding; […]
Crown Approves Charges in Dump Truck Fatality
New Westminster – On April 19, 2011, a cement truck collided with a single vehicle resulting in the death of Mark Holmes, a twenty-six year old resident of Coquitlam, British Columbia. The New Westminster Police Department conducted an extensive investigation which included their Major Crime Unit, Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Team along with independent experts […]
Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Collision
On Friday, February 3, 2012 at approximately 19:24 Hours, a New Westminster police officer was driving northbound on 6th Street when he came upon a pedestrian struck in the area of 6th Street and Queens Avenue. A nineteen year old female was crossing at a marked crosswalk and was struck by a southbound travelling vehicle. […]
Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Collision
On Monday January 2nd at approximately 20:47 Hours, New Westminster police officers were dispatched to the Eight-Hundred Block of Boyd Avenue on report of a pedestrian that was struck by a vehicle. At the scene, officers located the victim, a seventy-one year old male New Westminster resident, lying on the roadway. British Columbia Ambulance Services […]
Train Bridge Impacted By Gravel Barge
On Tuesday, June 28th at 0442 Hours, the New Westminster Police were contacted by the Coast Guard and advised that the train bridge, located several hundred meters east of the Queensborough Bridge, was struck by a passing tug boat’s gravel barge. Officers attended the scene in the police boat and confirmed that a section of […]
Traffic Collision Fatality- Holmes Street At East Columbia Street-Update
The family of the deceased has granted permission for the release of his name; Mark Holmes, Twenty-Six years of age, a resident of Coquitlam, British Columbia. The New Westminster Police Service has received information that there were people who rendered assistance to those involved in the fatal collision that occurred on April 19, 2011 at […]
Fatal Collision – Holmes Street At East Columbia Street – Update
The intersection of Holmes Street at East Columbia Street was open to traffic just before midnight last night. The investigation into the collision is being conducted by the New Westminster Police Collision Analyst, Major Crime Investigators are interviewing witnesses and, Commercial Vehicle Inspectors are assisting with the examination of the vehicles involved. All potential causative […]