A Child's Scared Silence: When Burnaby's Afternoon Took a Frightening Turn

A quiet Monday afternoon in Burnaby, the kind you’d expect to fade into a peaceful evening, was suddenly—and quite tragically—shattered. An 8-year-old boy, a child, was struck by a vehicle near that busy intersection of Canada Way and 10th Avenue. Honestly, it's the sort of news that just stops you in your tracks, makes you hug your own kids a little tighter.

The call came in, according to the RCMP, just around 3 p.m. on June 10th. Imagine the scene: emergency crews, lights flashing, converging on what was, moments before, just another crossroads. The boy, thankfully, was rushed to the hospital with what authorities described as serious, but mercifully, non-life-threatening injuries. It’s a relief, yes, but for an eight-year-old, any injury like this is, well, it’s monumental, isn’t it?

Burnaby RCMP are, of course, deep into their investigation now, trying to piece together the moments leading up to the collision. Early indications, the kind that start to paint a picture, suggest the child might have been on an e-scooter or perhaps a bicycle. And here’s something crucial: the driver of the vehicle involved did the right thing, staying right there at the scene and cooperating fully with the police. That, you could say, is a small but significant detail in such a distressing event.

But the police, they can't do it alone. They're reaching out, pleading with the community, really, for anyone who might have seen something. Specifically, they're looking for witnesses or, even better, dashcam footage from anyone traveling eastbound on Canada Way, or turning south onto 10th Avenue, between 2:45 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. on that fateful Monday. Every little detail, every flicker of video, could be the missing piece of the puzzle.

It’s hard not to connect the dots, isn't it? This incident in Burnaby comes hot on the heels of a similar, deeply concerning collision in Surrey, where a 10-year-old boy on a bike was hit by a commercial truck, sustaining serious injuries himself. It makes you wonder, truly, about the safety of our children on the roads, about the constant vigilance required from all of us, drivers and pedestrians alike.

So, if you were there, if you saw anything at all, please—reach out to the Burnaby RCMP. Your memory, your footage, it could bring clarity to a moment that changed an 8-year-old's afternoon forever. Because for once, we really can help write the next chapter of this story, hopefully one of understanding and greater safety.