MOOSE JAW — It was not a holly, jolly start to the Christmas season for one resident volunteering at the Santa Claus Parade after a vehicle conducting an illegal turn hit him and broke his leg.
The Moose Jaw Police Service received a call around 5:58 p.m. on Dec. 3 about a vehicle versus pedestrian collision on the 100 block of High Street West during the Santa Claus Parade. After arriving on the scene, officers found a 45-year-old man whom a vehicle had struck.
Police learned that the motorist had attempted to illegally turn east onto the 100 block of High Street West from a business, even though the street was closed in both directions for the parade.
The victim, who was a parade volunteer and wearing a high visibility jacket, attempted to stop the motorist from completing the turn and then was struck by the vehicle, which ran over his leg.
EMS later transported the victim to the hospital, where hospital staff diagnosed him as suffering from extensive injuries to his left leg.
Police have ticketed the motorist for disobeying a traffic control device, illegal left turn, driving without due care and attention, and failing to obey the direction of a flag person.
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