Vancouver police (VPD) have now released dash cam video from an incident that took place near the Pacific National Exhibition fairgrounds (PNE) in mid-July.
They are hoping the release of the video will help them identify a suspect in a serious assault as the video appears to show a man pushing another man into traffic on East Hastings Street.
Just before 10:30 p.m. on July 15, two men were leaving a concert at the PNE Amphitheatre and were walking on the north sidewalk of Hastings Street, near Windermere Street, when they stopped briefly to check on the well-being of a young woman who appeared to be intoxicated.
The woman said she was OK so the two men continued walking.
Police say, seconds later, they were confronted by an “agitated man” who had been walking behind the woman. The man then allegedly ran toward the men and deliberately pushed one of them into traffic. The victim was struck by a white SUV that was travelling west on East Hastings.
The driver, unsure of what happened, pulled over and waited for police. VPD says in no way was the driver at fault.
“We have obtained dash cam video from the SUV involved in the collision,” VPD Const. Jason Doucette said in a release. “We are asking the suspect to turn himself in, but if he doesn’t, we are confident that someone will come forward to identity him and his friend.
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Paul Doroshenko: “You’ve got witnesses who can have failing memory and frail memory and to have their own point of view, there’s nothing like objective video.”
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