The 10 -year victim of a fast boat accident in North Vancouver on Saturday night has been identified as Lionel Hall.
Hall and another child were in an inflatable tube and were towed by a boat when it was beaten by a fast boat in front of the shore of Cates Park just before 6:30 PM PT on Saturday.
Hall died on the scene and the second child was transferred by plane to the hospital in serious condition.
Alcohol and speed are being investigated as factors in the fatal accident, and the police arrested a man from North Vancouver shortly after. He has not been appointed and has not been accused.
Hall was identified as the victim by the friend of the Corena Robertson family, who said that the 10 -year -old mother, Shelley Klassen and Father Jason Hall, described their son as “bigger than life itself.”
Robertson said the family, loved ones and Hall’s friends supported the Hall family after tragedy.
“The parents I have seen come here with tears in their eyes … very hard,” he told CBC News.
“It is also beautiful to see, you know, the love that Lionel’s heart, and only his light, reached.”
Robertson said Hall was a budding athlete who enjoyed football, rugby, obstacles and track.
She said her family deserves answers after the tragedy, and that the police should analyze why the fast boat driver was not arrested before the accident.
“This should be a fun and pleasant activity that children and family members can enjoy and not feel that … it will end in a tragedy,” he said.
The boy killed in a fast boat accident on Saturday, while Cateh Park in North Vancouver has been identified as Lionel Hall, 10. Leanne Yu of CBC has more about what happened and the calls to change.
RCMP confirmed that the fast boat driver was released from the Sunday of Custody. It has an established cutting date for August 27.
Hall and the other child in the inflatable tube were not related, according to the police, but the 10 -year -old was confirmed as a student of the Vancouver school district.
A spokesman for the Vancouver School Board said they had made available to students with additional support and counselors to the students of the victim’s school.
District to speak with the Port Authority
Cate Park is located at the east end of Dollarton Highway, along the Bureau entrance coast.
The popular boat launch in the park, which is also known as serum-ah-bichen, was closed on Saturday while the police investigated. Since then he has reopened.
The mayor of the North Vancouver district, Mike Little, said on Monday that his staff would speak with the Port Authority of Vancouver Fraser about reinforcing the regulations around the popular park.
The Port Authority is responsible for regulating traffic at the entrance of Burrard, the body of water where the fatal accident occurred, and the police said on Sunday that there are already multiple speed regulations in the area, which is in front of an oil terminal.
“[The port] It is the agency responsible for navigable water areas, “said Little Michelle Eliot, CBC’s host BC today.
“And then [we’ll] Work with them, see if there are different speed limits that can be considered, or perhaps channels and lanes so that it has a slower traffic traffic. “
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