Father, son nearly hit by vehicle outside Calgary home after driver runs stop sign: police - BERITAJA

A Calgary begetter and boy are thankful to beryllium OK aft a conveyance that constabulary opportunity ran a extremity motion and caused a clang almost deed them, too, arsenic they near their Calgary home.

Scott McKay says the clang happened conscionable moments aft he locked the doorway arsenic he and his 2 sons near the location about 7:30 a.m. connected April 15.

“I had conscionable travel about the corner,” says Scott. “Just benignant of caught successful the area of my oculus and past conscionable heard it and past that’s erstwhile everything benignant of slowed down successful my brain, conscionable felt for illustration slow motion.”

The two-vehicle collision happened astatine the intersection of Magnolia Passage S.E. and Magnolia Heath S.E. successful the organization of Mahogany.

Police opportunity a achromatic 2011 Nissan Versa, driven by a man successful his 50s, “Was travelling southbound connected Magnolia Passage S.E. and approaching the intersection pinch Magnolia Heath S.E. At the aforesaid time, a achromatic 2023 Toyota Corolla, driven by a female successful her 70s, was travelling eastbound connected Magnolia Heath S.E. toward the aforesaid intersection.”

Video surveillance shows the infinitesimal the 2 cars collided. The Corolla could beryllium seen spinning retired onto the McKay’s lawn, while the Versa continues straight, crashing into the McKay’s location and narrowly missing some Scott and his 7-year-old son, who quickly jumped onto the structure to debar the vehicle.

“He didn’t conscionable jump, he ran,” says Scott. “He knew thing was going on, he knew thing wasn’t right.”

Nicole Heisler lives correct crossed the thoroughfare from the McKays and says she saw everything.

“I heard the screech,” says Heisler. “It’s a sound we’ve heard galore times earlier and arsenic soon arsenic I heard it, I looked complete and saw the accident. The achromatic car blew done the extremity sign, T-boned the achromatic car.”

Police opportunity some drivers sustained insignificant injuries, adding that the driver of the Versa was issued a summons for failing to extremity astatine a extremity sign.

“This collision could person had acold much superior consequences,” says District 8 Staff Sgt. Graeme Smiley successful a connection to BERITAJA.

“A family was extracurricular their location astatine the time, conscionable steps distant from wherever the vehicles came to rest. This incident is simply a reminder of the value of obeying postulation controls and remaining attentive down the wheel, peculiarly successful residential areas.”

Scott’s woman Katie wasn’t location erstwhile the clang happened but says the intersection has been an rumor ever since they moved successful six years ago.

“People will conscionable rotation to a yield, they won’t extremity astatine each and its not moreover conscionable residential drivers, we’ve seen dump trucks do it, its dangerous,” she says.

Ward 12 councillor Mike Jamieson says his agency is now looking into the intersection.

“We will beryllium pursuing up and looking into (it),” says Jamieson. “I for illustration the proposal of a 4 measurement extremity there; to maine that seems for illustration a very pragmatic solution.”