‘Only by God’s grace, he is alive’: Teen ‘dragged beneath pickup’ in Fort St. John

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The family of a teenager injured in a motor vehicle incident is saying it’s a miracle he is alive.

That’s according to the victim’s aunt – who spoke to Energeticcity.ca but wished to remain anonymous – who said the 14-year-old boy saved money from work at his family’s farm to be able to buy a bicycle to ride to and from school.

She said he was crossing the street when a pickup truck, making a turn onto 100th Avenue, hit him on Monday, September 22nd.

“Only by God’s grace he is alive,” the woman told Energeticcity.ca in a statement. “Thank God no broken bones, it’s truly a miracle.”

First responders were called to the 9900 block of 100th Avenue at approximately 3:13 p.m. on Monday afternoon.

BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) provided immediate emergency treatment to the victim, who by some eyewitness accounts the aunt provided, was dragged as far as 50 metres underneath the pickup truck.

The aunt told Energeticcity.ca that the victim, who was taken to hospital in stable condition, is “very sore” and “can’t move around much.”

She claimed Fort St. John RCMP told her neither alcohol nor drugs were a factor in the incident. Energeticcity.ca has reached out to the RCMP for more information but did not hear back.

The woman also stated the ordeal has left her nephew “pretty shaken up”, saying she plans to set up a crowd-sourcing campaign to help her family with medical bills.

She also added their family immigrated from Ukraine, with the father of the family – her brother – passing away due to cancer, and the aftermath of this incident is a “huge deal.”