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Mother of two struck and killed while walking home Suspect. After a punch from the victim’s boyfriend, hit-and-run suspect ran away and hasn’t been found
A 26-year-old mother of two twin boys was killed in a hitand-run in Constance Bay Sunday morning. Justin Hammond celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with his girlfriend, Erin Vance, and they “did the smart thing”
and walked home rather than drive, he said. Hammond said he saw a car “flying” around the corner, at “well over 100 miles an hour.” He tried to get his girlfriend out of its way. “I pushed her hard, but not hard enough, I
guess,” he said. Hammond said he got a good look at the driver. “I smashed his face in after he ran my girlfriend down,” he said. Then the man ran away, he added. Vance received immedi-
ate help from an Ottawa fireprotection engineer who lived next door. The firefighter rushed outside, where he found Vance with no vital signs, and he called 911 and performed CPR until help arrived, said a fire
department spokesperson. Police said they have identified a suspect, but that they had not yet located and arrested him as of Sunday evening. Jessica Smith/metro More coverage (page 3)
Ottawa police investigate a fatal crash involving a dark blue Suburu on Bayview Drive in Constance Bay Sunday morning. Erin Vance died early Sunday when a car hit her and crashed. The driver then ran away. MIKE CARROCCETTO/for METRO