Victims of fatal accident on Highway 1 were foreign students: police

Police said four people involved in a fatal head-on collision last week on Highway 1 in West Vancouver, British Columbia, were international students from India.

The West Vancouver Police Department reported that a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lane near Westport Road collided head-on with another vehicle at approximately 11:40 p.m. PST on June 26.

Police said there were four men in the westbound vehicle, all Indian citizens on temporary student visas; two of them, aged 20 and 21, were killed.

Police said the other two, aged 19 and 20, suffered serious injuries.

The only passenger in the eastbound vehicle in the westbound lanes was a 26-year-old woman, also a foreigner, according to police. No information was released on the woman’s condition.

“This is truly every parent’s worst nightmare, and the West Vancouver Police Department extends its sincere condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives or were injured in this tragic incident,” said Sergeant Chris Bigland of the West Vancouver Police in a news release.

Police said the families of the victims and injured have been notified. Their names will not be released out of respect for the privacy of the families.