; Douglas Allen Campbell,..
“ 47, and Robert Gavin Watt,.
“ 18, two popular North Van-
_ couver youths, died when
: Struck. by a car just after 3
,’ @.m. Saturday on the Mount’
'.Seymour Parkway.
__ The car that struck down
| the two — who are believed
to have been. hitch-hiking -
— sped away from the scene.
Police were invéstigating a
second hit and run accident
— at the Grantham Street
Bridge, about one kilometre
away from where the two
youths died — when they
learned of the deaths. The
driver at the Grantham Street
accident was taken into
custody.

Campbell and Watt, who

were left in the roadway after
. being struck by the first car,
~ were hit by a second car. The
driver of that car stopped and
stayed at the scene until
police, who had been inform- 5
ed of the accident by a
passer-by, arrived.

Police are not identifying
the man they arrested, who
was released from custody on
a promise to appear in court
in March. He will be charged
at that time, pending the
results of RCMP in-
vestigation.

The coroner's office is also
investigating the accident to

- determine the cause of death.
Preliminary reports say
Campbell died at the scene of
the accident while Watt died
shortly after being taken to
Lions Gate Hospital.