Driver dies after crossing into traffic

The driver of a car that crossed into oncoming traffic on Granville Street died while those in two other vehicles were taken to hospital with injuries.

Vancouver police responded to the fatal four-car collision Monday just after 6 a.m., and the road was closed for several hours.

A dark-coloured Toyota Corolla was headed north on Granville at West 46th Avenue when it crossed into the southbound lanes and hit several vehicles, injuring two other drivers.

“Investigators believe the Corolla was speeding when it crossed the centre line, sideswiped a taxi, struck a Porsche, then went airborne over a truck before landing on top of a Hyundai Elantra and coming to rest back on the pavement,” said VPD spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison in a news release.

The driver of the Corolla was trapped in the vehicle and died.

Addison said the drivers of the Porsche and Hyundai were taken to hospital, while no one in the taxi was injured.