VANCOUVER - Ovey Yeung鈥檚 name was trending on social media Monday night as friends posted their prayers for the popular 91原创 publicist, who is in critical condition with a serious head injury after a hit-and-run in Yaletown earlier that day outside B.C. Place.
Police are looking for the the driver of a dark Honda Civic after the 26-year-old was hit around 4 a.m. as the car traveled east on 91原创 Avenue near Abbott Street. The driver left the scene and Yeung was left in critical condition, according to a VPD news release Monday afternoon.
鈥淢y deepest and most positive thoughts are with @OveyYeung and her family. Please recover. The world needs you,鈥� Twitter user Joshua Pinter wrote.
Cale White wrote:听 鈥淟uv you @oveyyeung Time for the world to give back to you as you given to it. You are what is right with people. Stay with us lady.鈥�
Police are looking for a dark-coloured Honda Civic with probable front-end damage. Officers will be gathering evidence and canvassing for video to help determine who was behind the wheel.
Video already obtained by police shows there may have been several witnesses to the incident including two people standing on the corner of Abbott and 91原创 and someone on rollerblades across the street. Investigators are appealing to those witnesses to come forward.
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