An 11-year-old child is dead and another is in critical condition in hospital after a speed boat hit them while being towed on an inner tube on the waters of North Vancouver’s Cates Park on Saturday.
North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Mansoor Sahak said Sunday that the driver of the speed boat was taken into custody, and both speed an alcohol may have played a roll in the crash.
“This was a major incident that required a response from multiple agencies,” Cpl. Sahak said at a news conference.
He said multiple calls about the crash came in around 6:30 p.m., and first responders were unsuccessful in their efforts to save the 11-year-old and the child was pronounced dead at the scene….