VicPD are searching for a hit and run driver after they fled the scene of a crash in Fairfield just before midnight Friday.
In addition, the occupants in the vehicle are wanted for an earlier stabbing and theft of vehicle.
Witnesses were able to capture the suspected vehicle as its tires screeched during the speedy exit.
As the driver fled past a group filming the aftermath, the airbags can be seen deployed on the passenger side of the heavily damaged car.
Video shows the aftermath of a hit and run incident in Fairfield late Friday night. The dramatic video shows the suspected driver fleeing the scene plus the extensive damage it caused to one vehicle. @vicpdcanada are still searching for the driver.
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— Victoria Buzz (@victoriabuzzes) October 22, 2022
Holly Snippa told Victoria Buzz they heard a crash around 11:30 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. followed by what she described as “a destroyed vehicle barrelling down the road”.
“We ran out to see what was happening and we saw this person (looked almost like a female) flying down the road with the air bags blown, entire right side of her car was totalled and her wheels were damaged, fleeing the scene of an accident we assumed,” said Snippa.
Snippa said they went down the road to make sure their cars were okay when they found a tire in the middle of the road belonging to a heavily damaged truck.
In a media release Saturday, VicPD said they were investigating a series of incidents that include a robbery, the hit and run in Fairfield and a stabbing—all which are connected.
Police said at around 11:30 p.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to Simcoe Street for a report that a man had been attacked by two other men, who had then stolen his vehicle.
Patrol officers arrived and located a man suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.
“The man told officers that he had arrived at a nearby residence in his vehicle when he was confronted by two men he did not know,” said VicPD.
An altercation occurred in which the victim was stabbed by the two men who then stole his car and fled the area at a high rate of speed, police said.
The man was transported to hospital for treatment for his wounds.
VicPD began to search for the vehicle and suspects.
A short time later, the suspects crashed the car in the 1300-block of Fairfield Road.
Police were called and located evidence of a significant collision involving the stolen vehicle and a parked truck.
Witnesses in the area confirmed with police the car seen in the video collided with the parked truck and flee the scene.
Officers eventually located the stolen vehicle and towed it for examination.
While the suspects remain at large, investigators say they do not believe there is risk to the general public.
Anyone with information about this incident, or who have surveillance video from the area of the attack, or the hit and run, are asked to call the VicPD at (250) 995-7654.
