Man, 24, struck by suspected impaired driver in wrong-way crash dies in Nanaimo hospital

A 24-year-old man who was struck head-on by a suspected impaired driver travelling the wrong way down a divided highway near Nanaimo has died.

A 24-year-old man who was struck head-on by a suspected impaired driver travelling the wrong way down a divided highway near Nanaimo has died.

Mounties say alcohol was likely a factor when a 59-year-old man in a Dodge Caravan drove southbound in the northbound lanes of the Nanaimo Parkway, eventually striking a Toyota Yaris, on Wednesday night.

Both drivers were taken to hospital in Nanaimo with serious injuries.

A statement from the Nanaimo RCMP on Friday confirmed the 24-year-old driver has died of his injuries.

"Our sincere thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends of the deceased," Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson Const. Gary O'Brien said.

The minivan driver remains in hospital Friday.

Police responded to a report of an erratic driver on the Nanaimo Parkway, near the Cedar overpass, around 10 p.m. Wednesday.