Disaster was averted by mere inches after a West Vancouver driver narrowly missed two pedestrians and a house Thursday. he 74-year-old driver approached a four-way stop at 11th Street and Kings Avenue shortly after 1 p.m. on Jan. 8 when he accelerated - plowing over two stop signs, breaking through a hedge and missing two pedestrians before stopping his sedan just shy of a house wall. The car also came close to colliding with a BCBC Hydro junction box and power pole.
T o one was injured but the driver was taken to hospital for observation. N lcohol has been ruled out as a factor in what police called a case of sudden, uncontrolled acceleration.
