{"id":675374,"date":"2026-05-17T11:17:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/675374\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:17:54","slug":"senior-and-two-officers-in-hospital-after-driver-tears-through-vancouvers-west-end-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/675374\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior and two officers in hospital after driver tears through Vancouver&#8217;s West End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 A man who drove along a sidewalk, hitting trees, vehicles and a senior on a scooter is in custody after two Vancouver police officers used their vehicle to stop the driver. <\/p>\n<p>The senior on the scooter was critically injured, while the two officers are also being treated in hospital. <\/p>\n<p>Police say they were called at about 5:30 Friday morning when a vehicle was seen driving erratically in Vancouver\u2019s West End, striking numerous objects and smashing through a local dog park. <\/p>\n<p>Witnesses say they had to scramble out of the way of the vehicle, but the rider on the scooter couldn\u2019t evade the driver. <\/p>\n<p>Police say the driver was eventually stopped after ramming a police vehicle responding to the complaint, destroying the cruiser and flipping the suspect\u2019s vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>While police say the motive of the rampage is unclear, mental health and drug issues are possible factors. <\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Halifax as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=halifax.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778170930_778_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 A man who drove along a sidewalk, hitting trees, vehicles and a senior on a scooter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-675374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}