MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Two men who say they were struck by a truck while participating in a residential school march in Mission, B.C., say they want to see the driver found and charged.
Troy Ingraldi and Ashton Edwards say they were helping direct traffic Saturday as part of a march calling for a search of the former St. Mary’s residential school grounds for unmarked graves when a driver behind the march became belligerent.
Ingraldi, who was at the back of the march, alleges the driver told the group they shouldn’t be on the road and spun his truck wheels in a pullout before hitting Ingraldi with the truck and dragging him — which he says cause soft tissue damage, a cut lip and minor concussion.
Edwards alleges the truck then drove into another group of people, including himself, and then drove away.
RCMP say in a news release the truck made contact with a total of four people, no one is in custody and officers are gathering as much evidence as possible to determine the appropriate charges to recommend.
The release describes the man at the wheel as “an impatient driver” who tried to get around a group and says there’s no indication the incident was targeted, or that the driver’s actions had anything specifically to do with the people marching or their cause.
“Trying to save a few minutes of time by endangering the lives of others is simply unacceptable,” Const. Harrison Mohr said in the release.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 5, 2022.
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