Person’s death in Chilliwack Thursday afternoon not considered suspicious: RCMP

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CHILLIWACK – Chilliwack RCMP say one person has been pronounced deceased after a medical call Thursday afternoon in Chilliwack.

Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police attended a report of a person in medical distress on Woodbine Street Thursday afternoon, Oct. 29.

When police attended, medical assistance was administered but the person was tragically pronounced deceased at the scene.

Cpl. Kiener says the matter is not being treated as suspicious at this time.

Police are working with the BC Coroners Service as the investigation continues, Cpl. Kiener says.

A witness at the scene of today’s incident told Fraser Valley Today that two RCMP vehicles attended.

It was the second medical call in roughly the past 24 hours in Chilliwack that involved someone’s death. Police were notified about an unconscious man along Keith Wilson Road near the Tyson Road roundabout on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 28, at approximately 2:20 p.m., according to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Carmen Kiener. RCMP members and emergency services personnel responded to the area. Despite life-saving efforts being administered at the scene, the man was pronounced deceased, Cpl. Kiener confirmed.