Runaway Truck Kills 2, Injures 8 In B.C.

An adult and a child in the back of a van were killed early today when a runaway asphalt truck slammed into several vehicles parked at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal near Vancouver, B.C.

The victims were not immediately identified. At least eight other people were injured.

The two were killed as the van was crushed into a pole, said Constable Stewart Nowacki of the West Vancouver police. Among the injured was a child, who was in critical condition at Children's Hospital, said a spokesman for the Provincial Ambulance Services.

The people in the van were believed to be from the Kelowna, B.C., area and from Ontario, Nowacki said.

Seven other people were taken to Lion's Gate hospital in West Vancouver.

Nursing supervisor Gillian Harwood said among the injured was a family of four. Their injuries were not life-threatening, she said.