Police were in search of a red car before it rolled over into a ditch on Springfield Road, Wednesday afternoon.

According to Const. James Ward, officers were looking for the vehicle after reports a woman was seen downtown 琉璃神社 yelling for help out the window. However, officers were not pursuing the car at the time of the crash.

鈥淛ust by fluke they happened to be going eastbound and I was going westbound (on Springfield). I didn鈥檛 see them but all of a sudden people started yelling and honking at me,鈥� explained Const. Ward. 鈥淚 did a u-turn and came over and the vehicle was in the ditch.鈥�

Car came in a "matter of inches" from a woman waiting with her child in a stroller

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A man driving a red car tried to flee the scene following the crash but was apprehended by police.

The car is reportedly owned by the woman who was a passenger at the time of the incident.

鈥淧eople called 911 to say there was a lady screaming for help in a red car in downtown 琉璃神社,鈥� said Const. Ward. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 know the license plate but we knew it was an early model Chevy Cavalier.鈥�

According to Ward, the car came within a 鈥渕atter of inches鈥� from a woman and a baby in a stroller waiting at the bus stop.

The woman who was in the vehicle is being treated as a victim, according to police. She is being looked over by BC Ambulance.

RCMP mentioned the woman had bite marks on her arm and initially refused medical treatment despite paramedics鈥� suggestion she needed it.

The man who was arrested was allegedly overheard yelling 鈥業 love you鈥�, from the RCMP cruiser.

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