Overview
- A man drove through Nelson Park and along a West End sidewalk around 5:30 a.m. Friday, hitting objects and striking a senior on a motorized scooter.
- Witnesses scrambled to avoid the Jeep before the driver rammed a responding police cruiser, flipped his vehicle, and was arrested after firefighters freed him near Comox and Bute.
- The senior is in hospital in critical condition, and two Vancouver police officers were also taken to hospital with injuries.
- The Major Crimes Unit is investigating after police labeled it a vehicle-borne attack, meaning a car used as a weapon.
- Comox Street between Thurlow and Bute remains closed as investigators collect evidence and assess possible links to mental-health or drug use noted by police.