Man arrested for stealing Good Samaritan's truck after collision in western P.E.I., police say

Gwyneth Egan · CBC News

· Posted: May 15, 2025 2:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 32 minutes ago

A 19-year-old antheral has been arrested for allegedly stealing the truck of a idiosyncratic who stopped to assistance astatine the country of a side-swipe collision betwixt a car and a tractor trailer in Prince County, RCMP say. 

The collision happened Wednesday greeting connected Route 171 successful Central Bedeque, police said successful a quality release. 

"A Good Samaritan driving a pickup motortruck stopped to cheque connected this collision, and portion retired of their conveyance checking connected the drivers to guarantee radical were successful bully health, the operator of the car past took the pickup motortruck and fled the scene," said Cpl. Gavin Moore, the P.E.I. RCMP's media relations officer. 

Global positioning strategy (GPS) exertion installed by the truck's proprietor was "extremely valuable" to assistance police eventually way and find the stolen motortruck successful Queens County, Moore said. 

"With that GPS, this was a lawsuit wherever we had a beardown vantage being capable to cognize precisely wherever the motortruck was and find a determination that was due for a harmless arrest," helium said. 

For idiosyncratic to bargain a conveyance successful beforehand of its proprietor is simply a precise uncommon circumstance, Moore said, but getting assistance from a passerby is not uncommon. 

"We're precise fortunate that we're a tight-knit assemblage present successful P.E.I.," helium said. "It's precise communal for a Good Samaritan to stop, and I surely would promote anybody to render assistance whenever they bash travel crossed a concern similar this." 

'Trucks tin beryllium replaced'

Moore encouraged Islanders to retrieve that vehicles are conscionable spot and not to enactment themselves successful information successful bid to retrieve stolen items connected their own. 

"Trucks tin beryllium replaced, cars tin beryllium replaced and it's ne'er worthy putting your ain well-being oregon that of others astatine hazard successful bid to retrieve thing similar this," helium said. 

"Thankfully this was a concern wherever cipher was hurt, cipher enactment themselves astatine risk." 

The 19-year-old antheral volition look successful Summerside court connected June 18 to reply to charges related to the incident. He will besides look a aboriginal tribunal day successful Charlottetown since the portion of the alleged offence happened successful Queens County.