Internet helping solve Halifax hit and run

A pistillate who posted a video looking for tips astir the operator who T-boned her car and fled the country past Saturday nighttime successful Halifax says she feels similar she's getting person to identifying the driver.

Tavia Raiche-Marsden was a rider successful the beforehand spot of her car portion a person was driving. She says they were going done the intersection astatine Preston Street and Jubilee Road erstwhile different conveyance went through a halt motion and broadsided her car.

Instead of stopping, the different operator took off, Raiche-Marsden said. She told CBC's Maritime Noon that since she posted the video to societal media explaining what happened, tips person been pouring in.

This interrogation has been edited for magnitude and clarity.

WATCH | Tavia Raiche-Marsden's archetypal video:

How are you feeling today?

Well, I'm feeling each right, the benignant of presumption quo with immoderate post-accident symptoms but wide doing each right.

What are your injuries?

Some of the carnal injuries are astir apt much assemblage stiffness, immoderate bruising present and there, peculiarly connected the close broadside of my assemblage and that arm. But the main symptoms are related to concussion and successful my head/neurologic symptoms.

Could you archer america a small spot much astir what really happened?

From the driver's side, there was a acceptable of headlights. And astir arsenic soon arsenic I registered that, oh, the headlights are determination and they're not slowing down, I felt a large impact.

My assemblage went a small spot guardant and past I deed my caput connected thing and past my assemblage was thrown to the close side, and the close broadside of my assemblage arsenic good arsenic my head hit onto something. They … T-boned america connected the driver's side, which past pushed america into a telephone rod connected the rider side. And truthful that would beryllium the 2nd interaction that I felt.

Unfortunately, aft that I had a play wherever I was decidedly not conscious and past a play wherever I was benignant of successful and retired and my memories truly aren't precise wide until I was successful the infirmary later.

And alternatively of staying astatine the country of the accident, the different operator took off?

They did, yep. They took off, from what I understand, precise quickly.

And truthful you are trying to find retired who this operator is. And successful an effort to bash that, you made a video astir the mishap and posted it online. Tell america archetypal of each astir the video. What did you accidental successful the video?

In the video, I had described astatine the clip what was the champion imaginable update I had astir a statement of the different vehicle. And that was based connected reports. There person been witnesses connected the thoroughfare who saw the mishap and radical nearby. So they had provided the constabulary with immoderate benignant of accounts of what they thought they knew astir the vehicle. And from there, I passed that on successful the video that I posted.

Of course, my extremity was conscionable to assistance place the idiosyncratic who had done it and sharing that information. So the extremity was truly to support the streets safer, but besides to marque definite that the person, you know, could beryllium recovered and that they're held accountable for their actions truthful that they can't spell connected and bash thing similar this to idiosyncratic other successful the future.

What has happened since you posted that video online?

It's been a immense response, which is precisely what I hoped for. But I volition accidental it's beyond what I expected. So I intentionally posted it crossed antithetic platforms to effort and get arsenic overmuch accusation arsenic possible. And I volition accidental that the accusation I've received, which is successful the signifier of hundreds of tips, truly came from each 3 platforms [Instagram, Facebook and TikTok] and each sorts of antithetic ages and walks of life, truthful I deliberation that was really bully strategy.

I've received information, including photos and videos, which I past posted successful an updated video past night. And I've shared immoderate of those successful the video. It's much wide to accidental present that it was really a airy grey silvery — and successful immoderate lighting it looks a spot achromatic — Mercedes. And to maine it looked to beryllium an S-Class. And rather a fewer radical person already commented connected the astir caller video to say, oh, that's an S-Class betwixt benignant of 2005 to 2015. There's much recognition astir the conveyance present and that's a nonstop effect of this station — the archetypal video that I did.

I've besides had radical travel guardant with much accusation astir recognizing the age, much carnal description, tegument colour, schoolhouse of attendance of the assorted occupants who were successful the vehicle, truthful that is each precise adjuvant and nary of that could person happened without posting that video crossed aggregate platforms and truthful galore radical truly caring astir this issue.

We inactive don't person each the accusation I request yet, truthful I americium hoping that radical inactive proceed to travel guardant and ticker the updated video. But ultimately, I deliberation we're getting a batch closer.

The different happening that happened aft posting is that people came guardant offering their stories. I had this hap to maine oregon I had thing akin happen to me and what steps they took to scope retired to businesses and to summation video. A batch of radical reached retired with condolences oregon enactment and truly conscionable to nonstop good wishes, which was perfectly lovely.

WATCH | Tavia Raiche-Marsden second video update:

Have you been passing connected this accusation to police? Have you heard from them since?

As overmuch arsenic we could, we've been trying to bash that. Of course, the mode that they enactment is that there's 1 idiosyncratic who is assigned to the case. And truthful the quality to walk on immoderate of this accusation and however often I tin bash that, it's truly babelike connected the availability and the enactment hours of the idiosyncratic managing the case.

The operator of your vehicle, how's helium doing?

He's OK. He's got a fewer akin symptoms astir headache and a small spot of the stiffness and each of that. His carnal injuries are a spot much disposable successful presumption of similar connected his arms and hands wherever the airbag deployed. … But overall, I deliberation he's functioning beauteous well.

You accidental successful the video the idiosyncratic should crook themselves in. If they don't, however assured are you that they'll beryllium tracked down by the police, fixed what you're doing and the enactment that they're doing?

I enactment successful medicine, truthful erstwhile idiosyncratic says however assured are you, I don't talk oregon deliberation successful absolutes. I can't foretell the future. What I volition say, though, is that we've amassed a immense magnitude of accusation identifying the person, identifying the vehicle, identifying occupants of the car and person aggregate witnesses and eyewitnesses who tin benignant of corroborate the story. So that leads, I think, precise good to beryllium capable to track this idiosyncratic oregon these radical who are successful the conveyance down.

Are you capable to enactment due to the fact that of your injuries oregon with your injuries?

No, I'm not. So physically I could get to work, I could bash the carnal aspects of my job. I'm reasonably assured that I would negociate with that. And the parts that would get maine successful a small spot of occupation close present is the concussion symptoms.

When I'm astatine work, I request to person a truly wide representation and beryllium capable to callback facts and details reasonably quickly. I've been singing the aforesaid songs to my girl each nighttime since she was born. And truthful far since the accident, I've had to enactment an AirPod successful 1 receptor erstwhile I'm singing to her astatine nighttime due to the fact that immoderate words are not coming to maine and that's precise jarring. As idiosyncratic who's utilized to having a precise bully moving representation and brain, that's been precise challenging.

Another facet is I person been having a batch of occupation adjacent getting my bearings successful the greeting to benignant of recognize wherever I am. At my work, I person to transportation a codification pager for an full hospital. Even astatine 3 a.m. and I'm successful a dormant slumber successful my telephone room, I request to perceive that going disconnected and instantly registry that I person to get up and commencement walking successful a absorption and beryllium acceptable to grip a crisis. So if it takes maine two hours to aftermath up, get my bearings and enactment five items successful a container to get retired the door, that's not conducive to practising harmless medicine. So astatine the moment, I americium not assured astir doing my job.