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Man still at large after crash on Agassiz bridge, seen fleeing with chainsaw

RCMP still looking for suspect driver who hit 3 vehicles then fled on foot carrying chainsaw
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The scene of a four-vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge where this Chrysler 300 collided with three vehicles on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)

The driver of a semi truck who was said the driver who struck him locked eyes with him until their vehicles collided.

It was around 12:50 p.m. on Saturday, July 8 when Sukh Mattu of Langley was driving his blue Peterbilt truck hauling an empty trailer, south on Highway 9.

A black northbound Chrysler 300 veered into his lane. Then it was fully in his lane.

香蕉视频直播淗e looked right at me, staring right at me the whole time,香蕉视频直播 Mattu said.

But then he believed the driver got scared because he started moving out of Mattu香蕉视频直播檚 lane slightly, but it was too late.

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The Chrysler smashed head-on into the driver香蕉视频直播檚 side of the semi, then ricocheted off the sidewalk on the east side of the bridge. It then hit a blue Dodge van directly behind Mattu香蕉视频直播檚 truck and then crashed into a black Audi that was behind the van.

This Audi (foreground) was the third vehicle hit by a Chrysler 300 (left) in a crash that closed the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)
This Audi (foreground) was the third vehicle hit by a Chrysler 300 (left) in a crash that closed the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)

香蕉视频直播淗e never even attempted to brake,香蕉视频直播 he said.

Mattu figures the car was going about 80 to 90 kilometres an hour when it collided with his semi.

When the male driver of the Chrysler got out of the car, he was aggressive and swearing at the other drivers, Mattu recalled.

香蕉视频直播淗e was on something. He wasn香蕉视频直播檛 sober.香蕉视频直播

He watched as the man went to the trunk of the Chrysler, pulled out a chainsaw and fled on foot towards Agassiz.

香蕉视频直播淗e ended up throwing his chainsaw over the bridge,香蕉视频直播 Mattu said, adding that the man left his passenger, who was a hitchhiker, behind.

The four-vehicle collision happened at the north end of the bridge before they were over the Fraser River, so it香蕉视频直播檚 likely the chainsaw landed in a farmer香蕉视频直播檚 field.

RCMP are still looking for the suspect.

The scene of a four-vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge where a Chrysler 300 (left) collided with three vehicles including an Audi (right) on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)
The scene of a four-vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge where a Chrysler 300 (left) collided with three vehicles including an Audi (right) on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)

香蕉视频直播淗e was not caught by police and is still outstanding,香蕉视频直播 said Cpl. Carmen Kiener with Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment RCMP.

RCMP describe him as a five-foot-10-inch tall Caucasian man with dark hair. Mattu figures the man was in his mid-30s.

香蕉视频直播淭he suspected driver of the Chrysler is well-known to police. He is not the registered owner of the vehicle,香蕉视频直播 Kiener said.

The chainsaw was not recovered by RCMP, she added.

Miraculously, no one was seriously injured and no one was taken to hospital, Mattu said.

香蕉视频直播淓veryone seemed OK.香蕉视频直播

Mattu said his hands and wrists hurt from the collision and that he was also recovering from being rear-ended by a dump truck about three weeks prior.

But, if it weren香蕉视频直播檛 for his semi being hit first, he thinks the results of the collision would have been much worse.

香蕉视频直播淚香蕉视频直播檓 reliving this thing the whole time,香蕉视频直播 he said, three days after the crash occurred.

The Audi and Chrysler were both totalled. Mattu香蕉视频直播檚 semi had to be towed and is being repaired. The driver of the van was able to drive away.

Sukh Mattu聮s semi was the first of three vehicles hit by a Chrysler 300 in a crash that closed the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)
Sukh Mattu香蕉视频直播檚 semi was the first of three vehicles hit by a Chrysler 300 in a crash that closed the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)

The in both directions for two hours. The bridge was then open to single-lane, alternating traffic for an hour and a half. By about 4:20 p.m., three and a half hours after the crash happened, the bridge was open again to both southbound and northbound traffic.

Anyone who witnessed the crash and/or has dashcam footage and who has not yet spoken with police can contact Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) and quote RCMP file #23-27185.

The scene of a four-vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge where this Chrysler 300 collided with three vehicles on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)
The scene of a four-vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge where this Chrysler 300 collided with three vehicles on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)

This Audi was the third vehicle hit by a Chrysler 300 in a crash that closed the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)
This Audi was the third vehicle hit by a Chrysler 300 in a crash that closed the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)


 

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I started my career at The Chilliwack Progress in 2000 as a photojournalist.
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