June 1, 2011 - 5:00pm
By Walter Cordery, The Daily News June 4, 2011
Nanaimo's Derrick Kalicum just had to stop when he saw an elderly lady trapped in her car.
On Thursday afternoon, Kalicum came across a car accident that turned into a hit-and-run.
The 70-year-old woman was in a Toyota Matrix that was struck by a reddish-maroon vehicle at the intersection of Wakesiah Avenue and Second Street around 12:42 p.m. The car that hit the Matrix backed away and then fled the scene.
Nanaimo police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the accident to contact them.
"I was on my way to political science," said Kalicum, a 19-year-old Vancouver Island University student. "And I was already late."
He didn't hesitate to stop and he credits VIU for teaching him about the "bystander affect."
"That's something I was quizzed on the day before in my sociology class," he said.
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