Surrey man charged with 15 counts after BC Highway Patrol investigation of fatal accident

B.C., BC Highway Patrol, Collision Unit

2025-06-13 08:10 PDT

File # 1003-2024-426

After just over one year of investigation from BC Highway Patrol, a Surrey man has been formally charged with 15 criminal counts for a collision that killed two people and injured three others.

On February 18, 2024, at 3:00 a.m., a minivan and a Tesla collided at the side of Highway #1 eastbound near the Sprott Street exit in Burnaby, BC. A 20-year-old Maple Ridge woman and a 23-year-old Maple Ridge woman were killed in the collision. Two other Maple Ridge women in their twenties were seriously hurt, along with a Surrey man in his thirties.

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On June 9, 2025, the BC Prosecution Service charged 35-year-old Chi Sun Park with 15 counts, including the following:

• Two counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death, section 320.13(3) of the Criminal Code;
• Three counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm, section 320.13(2) of the Criminal Code;
• Two counts of operation of a conveyance while impaired by drugs causing death, section 320.14(3) of the Criminal Code.
• Three counts of operation of a conveyance while impaired by drugs causing bodily harm, section 320.14(2) of the Criminal Code;
• Two counts of operation of a conveyance with a blood drug concentration that exceeded the concentration for methamphetamine prescribed by regulation causing death, contrary to Section 320.14(3) of the Criminal Code.
• Three counts of operation of a conveyance with a blood drug concentration that exceeded the concentration for methamphetamine prescribed by regulation causing bodily harm, contrary to Section 320.14(2) of the Criminal Code.

Park’s next court date is on July 24, 2025 at Vancouver Provincial Court. This matter is now before the courts and no further information will be released at this time in order to respect the court process.

Sergeant Patrick Davies
A/Media Relations Officer
BC Highway Patrol – Royal Canadian Mounted Police
E_BCHP_Media@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
604-539-2702

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Email: chad.badry@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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