Abbotsford motorist flees one crash scene, smashes into tree at park: AbbyPD (VIDEO)

ABBOTSFORD – Police in Abbotsford are appealing to the public for witness descriptions and more information after the driver of a Hyundai SUV allegedly fled one crash scene and struck a tree at a park on Old Yale Road last week.

According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, patrol officers were dispatched for a two-vehicle collision last Thursday, Apr. 9 at 4:45 p.m. on the eastbound Highway 11 off-ramp at Old Yale Road.

While officers were en route to that call, AbbyPD was advised that one of the vehicles, a blue Hyundai SUV, had fled the initial crash at a high rate of speed. The blue Hyundai SUV continued eastbound on Old Yale Road where the driver crossed into incoming traffic, left the roadway, and crashed into a tree in Crossley Park.