Police said evidence of hard-drug use was found at the scene.
Two women were confirmed dead Friday morning after emergency crews responded to a report of a group of people in medical distress in the beach parking area on Taylor Road in Metchosin.
Police were alerted at 6:25 a.m. and were joined by the Metchosin Fire Department and B.C. Emergency Health Services paramedics. “Our condolences go out to the families of these individuals, as well as the witnesses who first came across the incident.” While the cause of the deaths has not been confirmed, they happened the same day the B.C. Coroners Service reported that at least 192 people died in the province in July from unregulated-drug toxicity.
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