Nanaimo RCMP are looking for information related to a hit and run at an Uplands Dr. gas station in early January. (Google Streetview)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

HIT AND RUN

Nanaimo RCMP investigating hit and run at Uplands gas station

Jan 15, 2020 | 2:09 AM

NANAIMO — RCMP are seeking information related to a New Year’s hit and run at a local gas station.

On Jan. 3, a 53-year-old woman sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries as she exited her vehicle at the Petro-Can gas station on Uplands Dr.

Witnesses say a vehicle in front of the woman reversed and pinned her arm between the driver’s door and the frame of the car. She was transported to hospital as a result of the injuries.

“She yelled and screamed at the van, the van eventually stopped and then the driver went forward and drove off without rendering any assistance whatsoever,” Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW.

There were no security cameras on scene that caught the incident, however police say an independent witness verified what happened.

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The suspect driver is described as an elderly, heavy-set woman with white hair and dark streaks and was last seen driving north toward Turner Road.

Nanaimo RCMP said the suspects vehicle was a dark grey van with no hubcaps on the back wheels and a handicap parking decal hanging in the front window.

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