Doug McCallum㽶Ƶֱs edited 911 call, roughly nine minutes long, to report an alleged hit-and-run in which he claimed a woman ran over his foot was played out in Surrey provincial court Tuesday (Nov. 1).
He told the dispatcher a driver 㽶Ƶֱjust about hit me, actually㽶Ƶֱ and 㽶Ƶֱshe ran over my leg and foot.㽶Ƶֱ
He described the driver as 㽶Ƶֱfairly stocky㽶Ƶֱ in her 60s.
The driver, Deborah Johnstone,
㽶ƵֱShe㽶Ƶֱs harassed me before,㽶Ƶֱ McCallum told the dispatcher. 㽶ƵֱShe called me a piece of shit.㽶Ƶֱ
Asked if he needed an ambulance, McCallum said he could drive with his right foot to hospital and that his left foot was 㽶Ƶֱvery numb.㽶Ƶֱ
The call was edited by the court to omit the former mayor㽶Ƶֱs personal information.
McCallum later told the Surrey RCMP during a 58-minute interview at the station that 㽶Ƶֱshe just floored it. I thought she was going to peel rubber.㽶Ƶֱ
㽶ƵֱThey came out of nowhere and just pinned me,㽶Ƶֱ he told the RCMP. 㽶ƵֱLiterally just about pinned me.㽶Ƶֱ
㽶ƵֱShe was screaming terrible stuff.㽶Ƶֱ
He said the driver, who was 㽶Ƶֱwearing a white 㽶ƵֱKeep the RCMP in Surrey㽶Ƶֱ shirt,㽶Ƶֱ turned at him, ran over his foot 㽶Ƶֱand took off㽶Ƶֱ while 㽶Ƶֱshouting at the top of her lungs.㽶Ƶֱ
McCallum told the police officer he went to Peace Arch Hospital and underwent seven X-rays which, he said, revealed soft tissue damage but no broken bones.
㽶ƵֱShe literally turned into me,㽶Ƶֱ he said, 㽶Ƶֱand ran over my foot.㽶Ƶֱ
㽶ƵֱIt looked like she just purposely wanted to clip me,㽶Ƶֱ he said.
㽶ƵֱShe㽶Ƶֱs at every council meeting, she harasses us all the time.㽶Ƶֱ
The former Surrey mayor is charged with one count of public mischief, stemming from an encounter on Sept. 4, 2021 between himself and a group of volunteers that was gathering petition signatures outside the South Point Save-On-Foods store in South Surrey for a referendum on the policing transition. McCallum is accused of misleading police with his complaint.
McCallum said he walked over to Keep the RCMP organizer Ivan Scott to complain.
㽶ƵֱHe even noticed I was limping,㽶Ƶֱ McCallum claimed.
McCallum said doctors told him 㽶Ƶֱthat appears to be assault.㽶Ƶֱ
㽶ƵֱShe ran over my toe,㽶Ƶֱ he said, claiming the driver was in a 㽶Ƶֱrage.
㽶ƵֱI think what happened is she really wanted to pin me.㽶Ƶֱ
The trial, set for seven days, continues.
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