VANCOUVER — Police say they believe alcohol and speed were factors in a collision that killed a cab driver in Vancouver’s east end early Sunday morning. Investigators say it appears a car2go smart car may have T-boned a Yellow Cab carrying two passengers after running a red light at 3:30 a.m. They say the 28-year-old male taxi driver was pronounced dead in hospital, while the driver of the other vehicle, a man in his 20s, remains in hospital with serious injuries. The two passengers in the taxi were also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. They say this is Vancouver’s 14th traffic-related fatality of 2019.

Source: National Post December 29, 2019 18:11 UTC