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New Westminster pedestrian killed after being struck by car (vancouver.citynews.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/vancouver
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Am I just too cynical or does "killed after being struck by car" sound like it's trying to downplay it?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Its sounding like they don't want to make assumptions or accusations to me. In some places this is a legal requirement, depending on whether someone has been arrested or not. Not sure about Canada. Could also be protecting themselves from libeling someone or just journalistic standards of not reporting guess work.