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This stretch of Vancouver road injures or kills 25 people a year. Residents say enough is enough

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A cyclist was struck and killed by a five-tonne delivery truck at the corner of Nanaimo Street and Kingsway in east Vancouver .

The fatal collision came less than a month after a 32-year-old man was hospitalized with life-altering injuries after being struck by a hit-and-run driver.

Residents and activists say traffic-calming measures are long overdue.

City council needs to acknowledge that changes need to happen, Kimajeu said. “There is a safety problem down here at this stretch of the Nanaimo , and it needs to be fixed,” he said. - Driver found guilty in fatal B.C. crash despite claim he drank because of hypoglycemia - Deadly weekend on B.C. roads: One killed as pickup truck crashes through Surrey bus stop | 1 dead, 4 injured in Coquihalla crash.

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