South Surrey pedestrian fighting for her life following crash (with videos)

SOUTH SURREY — A 66-year old woman is fighting for her life after a speeding Mercedes driven by a teenaged girl slammed into her as she was walking her dog along King George Boulevard in South Surrey late Monday night.

Witnesses told police the grey SUV tried to pass another car on the right shoulder when it hit an illegally parked car, crashed into a lamp post and then hit the woman and her German Shepherd, killing the dog.

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Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said the woman was “believed to be on the sidewalk but our collision reconstructionists are working to confirm that.” She was thrown into some bushes.

An air ambulance flew the victim to hospital, where she is listed in critical condition with extensive injuries.

The driver, a 17-year-old Surrey girl, was arrested and is under investigation for dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

“We’re looking into whether drugs or alcohol were a contributing factor,” Paquet said.

A witness account posted on YouTube estimates the Mercedes was doing up to 130 kilometres an hour as the road was merging from two lanes into one.

“My son even made a comment ‘What idiots,’ because they swerved past my car,” the witness recounted.

He said he saw a “big dust ball from the grit that was on the side of the road, an pulled over and told his son to phone for paramedics.

“I had a gut feeling that it was extremely bad from the speed at which they were doing.”

Paquet said there were six people in the Mercedes, including the driver.

The witness said he saw “three young females and one gentleman” climb out of the Mercedes, “very, very disoriented.”

He said they told him they weren’t the driver. “They said the driver’s ran off.”

He said they tried to run off but he and other witnesses who had by now arrived at the scene stopped them.

According to Paquet, the driver was located at the scene. “She didn’t leave,” he said. “We’re not investigating the driver for failing to remain at the scene.”

Police ask any witnesses who have not yet spoken with investigators to contact the Surrey RCMP at 606-599-0502.

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