A Campbell River resident says they’re fortunate.
Jasmin Comerford and her mother were at home when they received a phone call from her mom’s boyfriend on Wednesday night. He told them he had been in an accident.
She says her mom’s boyfriend, Andre Therien, was driving down 9th Avenue when a black truck blew through the stop sign on Greenwood St.
“A jacked-up black Dodge from what we’ve been told just smoked him on the driver’s side, spun him around and into the pole, completely caved in the driver’s side. The entire back was wrapped around the pole, and took out the top of the crosswalk sign,” Comerford said.
“And he just took off and left.”
Therien was driving a red Toyota Rav 4, which Comeford says wouldn’t have been hard to spot.
Fortunately, she says Therien didn’t break anything. He has a small concussion and is very sore, but she says he’s fine and will be resting for the next couple of weeks.
She says firefighters at the scene told her that if the side airbag didn’t go off, Therien wouldn’t have made it.
“I’m very thankful that the side airbag went off, especially considering that that person just left. You could’ve killed somebody and you left.”
Comerford says several eyewitnesses gave statements to police officers last night at the scene.
She says they’re now waiting to hear what the police find out.
If you saw this crash happen, or know anything about it, you’re asked to call the Campbell River RCMP at (250) 286-6221.
