Video posted on social media showed the vehicle in motion, with the driver appearing to pull the woman out of the vehicle.
A former mixed martial arts fighter appeared in Surrey County Court on April 12, charged with an incident in which a woman was dragged by a car in Aldergrove.
Kurtal Singh Gill is charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm to a woman, aggravated assault on a woman and two counts of failing to stop a vehicle.
Strangers rushed to the woman's aid after the incident on October 29, 2023. Just before 8:30 p.m. that Sunday, Langley RCMP received a report of a vehicle collision at Aldergrove Regional Police Station.
Corporal Craig Van Herk said multiple witnesses at the scene helped the female occupant “out of the vehicle” after the driver crashed the vehicle into a building.
A video circulating on social media showed the vehicle driving with the driver's side door open. In the video, the driver appears to grab the woman as she is dragged from the vehicle.
The woman was taken to the hospital and the driver fled on foot, but was later arrested on suspicion of negligent driving.
Police learned that the incident allegedly began further east on Fraser Highway before the vehicle crashed into a building at 26970 Fraser Highway.
Gill was released from custody on February 28 on a $400,000 surety supported by four people.
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