Surveillance video has surfaced of a police cruiser crashing into a man in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside this week, revealing the victim had been standing still for at least 10 seconds leading up to the collision. The disturbing video shows the pedestrian hunched over and motionless in the middle of East Hastings Street early Tuesday morning when the police vehicle violently knocks him off his feet. The pedestrian was seriously injured, and remained in hospital as of Wednesday afternoon. “It’s horrific,” said Vince Tao, a community organizer with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. “The speed at which the police officers just rammed the man is shocking.” That stretch of Hastings has a reduced speed limit of 30 km/h, something the City of Vancouver implemented after commissioning a study through VANDU on how to ensure pedestrian safety in the area.I t’s unclear how fast the cruiser was going prior to the collision. The Vancouver Police Department did not answer when asked by CTV News if the officer behind the wheel was heading to an active crime scene…
Source: bc.ctvnews.ca
Sunday, April 26, 2026
