Vernon, BC Man Appeals Witnesses After Alleged Hit-and-Run Globalnews.ca

A Vernon, B.C. man involved in a confrontation over the weekend is appealing to the public for suggestions, as police investigate an alleged hit-and-run.

Thomas Young says he was on the sidewalk when his wheelchair was widened by a passing vehicle.

,[The driver] Gets out of her vehicle when she finally comes to a stop, because I’m screaming… bloody murder,” Young recalled.

“She turns, holds out for two seconds, removes her dark glasses from the top of her head. [and] Say, ‘Did I break something?’ And I said, ‘Yeah!'”

The collision happened at around 3:45 pm on Sunday in the 3300 block of 43 Avenue in Vernon.

Young was walking along the sidewalk towards a nearby bus stop.

After the accident, says Vernon Mann, he moved his wheelchair a few feet down the street to test whether it was still walkable.

“When I go up four or five feet, immediately behind me I hear the slamming of the car door and the sound of it chipping,” Young said.

He said he turned his wheelchair and saw the vehicle on the road waiting at a traffic light.

Young says he is troubled by his “lack of consideration for others”.

“For someone to do what they’ve done….and he has the gall to turn around and just walk away to ignore the matter, avoid the matter, that’s totally wrong,” Young said.

Young says his injuries from the accident included a concussion and back pain, and that his wheelchair was also damaged.

According to police, the driver of the vehicle has been identified and is cooperating with investigators.

The RCMP says the investigation is yet to determine whether the incident was hit-and-run.

Both police and Young are asking anyone who may have caught the accident in dashcam video or who may have seen it to come forward.