The island is mourning the tragic loss of a young man who died in a fatal dirt bike accident Tuesday morning in a fall off Satellite Hill.
“Around 11:30 a.m. this morning, we received a call of a dirt bike that had gone off an embankment, between 70 to 150 feet,” said Cpl. Paulo Arreaga of the Bowen Island RCMP, speaking with The Undercurrent on Tuesday afternoon.
“It looks like they fell down the hill,” he said of the circumstances around the crash at Satellite Hill, located off Cowan Point Drive.
Emergency crews — including fire, ambulance and police — were all called to the scene. Air ambulance was also called out to see if they could assist, he said.
The young man died at the scene, said Arreaga, who confirmed Wednesday the victim is from Bowen Island.
The young man’s name had not yet been released at press time, but Arreaga said, the victim’s family had been contacted and were together.
“They’re here and all together,” he said.
