RCMP find pair suspected in Burnaby, B.C., hit-and-run at Creston motel

CRESTON, B.C. – Two people have been arrested in Creston, B.C., after a hit-and-run collision that killed a young woman more than 700 kilometres away in Burnaby.

RCMP received a call Sunday morning about two suspicious people who had booked into a hotel.

Police say the pair were described as bloodied and claimed they had been in a single-vehicle crash when they checked in around 1:30 a.m.

Officers arrested the pair at a motel after they tried to evade police.

They were suspected of giving fake names, and a Mountie remembered hearing about two people who were wanted in connection with a hit-and-run last Wednesday that killed a 25-year-old woman.

RCMP say a 25-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman were taken into custody and that investigators from Burnaby have travelled to Creston to speak with the suspects and examine the vehicle.