Tesla driver arrested for allegedly fleeing scene of deadly collision on Pattullo Bridge

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B.C.'s manager of civilian forfeiture is suing a antheral who was allegedly astatine the instrumentality of a Tesla that whitethorn person been racing crossed the Pattullo Bridge with a Nissan Altima connected Valentine's Day erstwhile the Nissan slammed into a semi-truck, sidesplitting 3 radical and injuring 1 more.

Supreme Court suit claims operator of Tesla fled the country wherever 3 radical died successful clang with semi-truck

Jason Proctor · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 06, 2025 8:15 PM EST | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago

An aerial changeable from supra shows a ample motortruck crashed into a smaller conveyance connected a bridge.

B.C.'s manager of civilian forfeiture is suing an 18-year-old who is accused of driving a Tesla progressive successful events instantly preceding a horrific collision betwixt different conveyance and a semi-trailer motortruck on the Pattullo Bridge past month — that near 3 radical dormant and 1 injured.

According to a announcement of civilian assertion filed successful B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday, the Tesla operator fled the country aft either "racing with, oregon successful the alternate travelling with, a Nissan Altima" that slammed into the motortruck successful the southbound lanes of the eastbound extremity of the Pattullo on Valentine's Day.

The tribunal documents accidental the young antheral was arrested past week and his car — a 2022 Tesla Y exemplary — has been impounded.

In a connection to CBC News, the Surrey Police Service confirmed the arrest.

"An idiosyncratic was arrested and subsequently released," said SPS spokesperson Ian MacDonald.

"We are anticipating that erstwhile we enactment unneurotic our recommended complaint package, it would hit B.C. Prosecution Service and past they would measure our charges and the grounds for those charges."

Previous charges

The CBC is not naming the Surrey driver, who has not been charged successful narration with the collision and has not responded to the lawsuit.

The announcement of civilian assertion says the manager of civilian forfeiture is seeking the forfeiture of the Tesla, which it claims is an instrumentality of unlawful activity.

Police cars are seen astatine nighttime connected a bridge.

The suit says the driver is accused of failing to stay astatine the country of the accident, excessive speeding and driving successful a careless manner.

According to court records obtained by CBC News, the aforesaid young antheral was charged past September nether the Motor Vehicle Act with having tinted windows and utilizing an physics instrumentality portion operating a centrifugal conveyance connected a highway.

The conveyance successful that incidental was an Acura.

The 18-year-old is scheduled to marque a tribunal quality successful narration to that complaint aboriginal this month.

Witnesses assisted constabulary investigation

MacDonald said the collision is being investigated by the RCMP's transgression collision probe team.

He said witnesses to the mishap helped pb to the man's arrest, but helium wouldn't go into the details of what constabulary believed had happened instantly anterior to the accident.

According to earlier statements from police, the 3 radical who were killed and the 1 idiosyncratic who was injured were each passengers successful 1 of the cars involved.

The operator of the semi-trailer motortruck was unhurt and remained connected scene.

None of the allegations contained successful the suit person been proven successful court.