A one-year-old boy is going to be OK after being struck by a vehicle in the 73A Avenue area of 197B Street on Wednesday.
The boy only suffered minor injuries and the driver, a 21-year-old woman from Coquitlam, has been handed two tickets for traffic violations.
The accident took place around 7:30 p.m. when the one-year-old’s grandparent was pushing the boy in a plastic push car.
The driver was making a left onto 197B and took the turn too tight, striking the toy car. The force of the hit caused the baby to fall out of the plastic car. Witnesses report the boy was awake and crying before being taken to hospital.
The driver remained on scene and has been issued a ticket for failing to yield to a pedestrian and not staying in her lane on a left turn. Speed and alcohol are not factors, said police.
The boy was taken to Surrey Memorial Hospital via ambulance and held overnight for observation.
“It was purely precautionary to hold him overnight. His injuries were minor,” said Langley RCMP spokesperson Const. Craig van Herk.
