VPD identifies hit-and-run suspect after dog killed, woman hurt
Posted November 4, 2022 4:08 pm.
Vancouver police say they’ve identified the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit and run this summer that left a woman hurt and her dog dead.
An update for anyone who remembers this sad incident: tips from the public helped lead to identifying the driver. https://t.co/ExgTRCa56w
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) November 4, 2022
It happened just before 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, in the area of Garden Drive at East Pender Street.
The VPD says Becca McMeekin and her dog, Tobi, were crossing the intersection when a grey SUV turned left onto Pender and hit them.
“The vehicle made kind of a short turn into the crosswalk, hitting her dog, and making contact with her. It sounds like there was a brief pause in moment where they made eye contact and the driver simply drove off,” Const. Jason Doucette explained.
“The dog was pulled under the car — the dog was on a leash — and because of the momentum of the vehicle, [the woman] was actually pulled in and contact was made with the shoulder. It could have been a lot worse.”
Vancouver police say a dog is dead after a hit and run on Aug. 20. Pictured is Becca with her dog Tobi, a one-and-a-half-year-old Corgi-Pomeranian mix. (Courtesy Michael Rush)
The driver then left the scene in a vehicle police described as a dark grey SUV, “likely a Jeep Patriot.”
The VPD said at the time that “there is no question” the driver knew they hit the dog and woman.
“I’m a very forgiving person, but he left us here. He left Tobi there to die,” McMeekin told CityNews in August.
Tobi was a one-and-a-half-year-old Corgi-Pomeranian mix.
Vancouver police say a one-and-a-half-year-old dog named Tobi was killed in a hit and run in August. (Submitted/Courtesy @dogsoftempleton)
“It’s been a nightmare,” McMeekin said through tears. “Waking up every morning and [Tobi] not being there.”
