Witnesses see woman being dragged outside car that crashed into Aldergrove police station

A woman was rushed to hospital Sunday night after a car in which she was a passenger crashed into the Aldergrove Community Policing Station.

Langley, B.C., RCMP said officers were called just before 8:30 p.m. to the building at 26970 Fraser Hwy. When they arrived, several witnesses were helping the woman and giving her first aid.

Those witnesses told the officers the driver took off on foot. RCMP confirmed he was found a short distance away and arrested for impaired driving.

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The driver was taken to the Langley Detachment and remains in custody.

Police have not revealed the relationship between the man and the woman.

According to witnesses at the scene, police said the incident may have begun farther east on Fraser Highway.

Katrina Lapierre was on her way home with her child that night when she noticed a car driving in the wrong direction. 

“It had front-end damage and they were driving with the driver’s door open,” she said.

“So I did a U-turn where it was safe and then proceeded to be like, ‘I’ll follow them and call 911.’ And then as I was waiting to get back on the Fraser Highway, they came around the corner and I thought they were going to hit all the vehicles that were sitting there. But he abruptly turned and went straight into the community policing station,” she added.

“But he was dragging somebody. ”

Lapierre said it was very disturbing to see what happened.

“It’s a victim in that car that I’m most worried about,” she added. “Like, that’s what makes my heart sad.”

Lapierre said as soon as the car hit the wall, the driver got out and fled.

Steve Kaye and his girlfriend were first on the scene.

“I see the car coming at me with the door open, the front’s all pushed in,” he said.

“It goes by me, I see something dragging from the driver’s door as it goes by me. I’m watching my rear-view mirror, it does a 180-degree turn, jumps the median, turns comes back, I see it coming. I pull into the middle of the road, (it) goes right by me as it goes by the doors open, I can see the lady hanging out of the driver’s door being dragged.”

Kaye said the car hit the curb and crashed into the wall with the woman still hanging out of the car.

He and his girlfriend rushed over and found that the woman was still conscious.

“She was strapped into the driver’s seat with the seatbelt,” Kaye added. “I think she was at some point the driver.”

He said the woman told them she was hurting and she had some significant injuries to one of her legs and foot.

Fraser Highway between 268 Street and 276 Street was closed for hours while a police investigation was underway.

Police are requesting anyone who may have dashcam, cellphone or surveillance video relating to this incident or anyone who witnessed the collision or driving prior to it, or who has information about the incident contact the Langley RCMP at 604 532-3200.