Port Moody police are looking for the driver of a stolen Burnaby minivan that crashed into a parked car in Port Moody and launched the car 50 metres down the street.
At about 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, police responded to multiple reports of a collision in the 400 block of McGill Drive, according to a Port Moody Police Department news release.
On arrival, investigators determined a black Chrysler minivan recently stolen out of Burnaby had crashed into an unoccupied yellow Ford hatchback.
The hatchback ended up about 50 metres down the street, and the minivan crashed into a tree, according to police.
The suspect driver fled on foot into a forested area and managed to elude police despite an “extensive ground search” involving the police dog service, police said.
The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s, wearing a reflective jacket and a white baseball hat, according to the release.
“The mechanism of the collision suggests the Chrysler was travelling at high rates of speed in this residential neighbourhood,” Port Moody police Const. Sam Zacharias said in the release. “Thankfully there were no innocent bystanders injured as a result.”
Anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage in the area just before or after the collision is asked to contact the Port Moody police.
Investigators would also like to talk to anyone who might have witnessed a suspicious man fleeing into backyards and trails nearby.
Contact Port Moody police at 604-461-3456.
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