Pedestrians struck by drivers in Port Coquitlam and Maple Ridge

Two pedestrians in nearly as many hours were sent to hospital after being struck by drivers in the Lower Mainland Sunday evening.

At 5 p.m., BC Emergency Health Services says it responded to the scene of an incident involving a pedestrian near Lougheed Highway and Hastings Street in Port Coquitlam.

Paramedics say one patient was transported to hospital in “serious condition.”

Shortly after 7 p.m., BC EHS responded to the scene of another collision near Lougheed Highway on Burnett Street in Maple Ridge.

The Ridge Meadows RCMP tells 1130 NewsRadio that it responded to a report of “suspicious occurrence in the area” Sunday. Officers who arrived around 7:10 p.m. say they found Fire Department personnel “performing life-saving measures on a woman who was laying on top of a vehicle.”

BC EHS says one patient was sent to hospital in “serious condition,” but police say the person was transported “with non-life-threatening injuries.”

Mounties say the vehicle had sustained visible damage to the front bumper, hood, windshield and roof.

Lougheed Highway near Burnett Street was reportedly closed until 10:15 p.m.

1130 NewsRadio has reached out to the Coquitlam RCMP for more information.