Pickup truck strikes utility pole after fleeing traffic stop in Abbotsford
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ABBOTSFORD – A member of the AbbyPD Gang Crime Unit was nearly sideswiped by the driver of a pickup truck Sunday night, who later fled the scene and crashed into a utility pole before being taken into custody by police for impaired driving.
According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, a gang investigator was travelling northbound on McCallum Road near Hwy. 1 at just after 7 p.m. Sunday night (Oct. 25) when his unmarked police vehicle was nearly sideswiped by a pickup truck.
Sgt. Walker says the officer observed additional signs of impaired driving and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. He says the driver initially slowed as though he intended to stop but then accelerated and fled from police.
Sgt. Walker says officers observed the truck drive over a concrete boulevard and continue swerving erratically, creating a significant risk to public safety. The vehicle was tracked into the area of Huggins Avenue and Laurnell Crescent, where an officer witnessed the driver lose control and crash into a utility pole on Laurnell Cres. The impact caused the pole-mounted transformer to fall onto the hood of the truck and brought several live hydro lines down to the roadway.
