OTTAWA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and two others injured Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle outside a shopping mall on Canada's west coast, local police said.
The collision occurred at around 10:30 a.m. local time in the parking lot of the Tsawwassen Mills mall, located on Tsawwassen First Nation lands in the city of Delta, British Columbia, about 33 kilometers south of downtown Vancouver.
The crash occurred as a local Indigenous community was holding a walk nearby to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Police said preliminary information indicated the driver may have experienced a medical emergency.
Police said there is no ongoing threat to public safety and that an investigation into the cause of the crash is underway. ■