Watch above: A 22-year-old Edmonton driver is in custody, accused of hitting four pedestrians and two vehicles downtown Wednesday afternoon. Kent Morrison caught up with a man who was there when it all happened.
EDMONTON – Vince Stievenard’s drive to work took a turn on Wednesday, when he was cut off on 103 Avenue by a man accused of hitting four pedestrians and two cars in downtown Edmonton.
Stievenard says the driver missed his vehicle by about an inch or two. Feeling something was off about him, Stievenard decided to call police and follow the vehicle.
“I just thought, this guy’s done something. I’m staying with him.”
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Stievenard watched as a man’s body flipped onto the suspect’s vehicle. His head hit the windshield before he fell to the ground.
The driver didn’t stop there. Instead, he reportedly tried to ram through a nearby intersection full of cars. And when he couldn’t drive his car anymore, he got out and tried to make a run for it.
At that moment, Stievenard jumped out of his car. He noticed a police cruiser pulling up and pointed out the suspect to officers before chasing after him, all the way to the steps of MacEwan University.
WATCH: Raw video of Vince Stievenard explaining the entire ordeal
Police took the driver to jail, and Stievenard went off to work.
He says this isn’t the first time he helped apprehend a suspect. He recalls once chasing a stabbing suspect near the Mustard Seed.
When asked if he was concerned about his safety during Wednesday’s incident, Stievenard says he wasn’t. He “just reacted.”
He also doesn’t see himself as a hero.
“Maybe someone who just wants to see a safe society, but not a hero.”
With files from Kent Morrison, Global News
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