Doug McCallumBԪַs 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 BԪַjust about hit me, actuallyBԪַ and BԪַshe ran over my leg and foot.BԪַ
He described the driver as BԪַfairly stockyBԪַ in her 60s.
The driver, Deborah Johnstone,
BԪַSheBԪַs harassed me before,BԪַ McCallum told the dispatcher. BԪַShe called me a piece of shit.BԪַ
Asked if he needed an ambulance, McCallum said he could drive with his right foot to hospital and that his left foot was BԪַvery numb.BԪַ
The call was edited by the court to omit the former mayorBԪַs personal information.
McCallum later told the Surrey RCMP during a 58-minute interview at the station that BԪַshe just floored it. I thought she was going to peel rubber.BԪַ
BԪַThey came out of nowhere and just pinned me,BԪַ he told the RCMP. BԪַLiterally just about pinned me.BԪַ
BԪַShe was screaming terrible stuff.BԪַ
He said the driver, who was BԪַwearing a white BԪַKeep the RCMP in SurreyBԪַ shirt,BԪַ turned at him, ran over his foot BԪַand took offBԪַ while BԪַshouting at the top of her lungs.BԪַ
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.
BԪַShe literally turned into me,BԪַ he said, BԪַand ran over my foot.BԪַ
BԪַIt looked like she just purposely wanted to clip me,BԪַ he said.
BԪַSheBԪַs at every council meeting, she harasses us all the time.BԪַ
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.
BԪַHe even noticed I was limping,BԪַ McCallum claimed.
McCallum said doctors told him BԪַthat appears to be assault.BԪַ
BԪַShe ran over my toe,BԪַ he said, claiming the driver was in a BԪַrage.
BԪַI think what happened is she really wanted to pin me.BԪַ
The trial, set for seven days, continues.
tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com
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