Carjacking suspect in hospital with life-threatening injuries

PRINCE GEORGE — A 30-year-old man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following an alleged carjacking north of Hixon late Sunday afternoon.

Prince George RCMP Cpl. Sonja Blom says it all started at 8:35 a.m. yesterday, when the 100 Mile House RCMP received a request to check the wellbeing of an adult male who was staying at a local hotel. She says officers attended, however the male had already left. Blom says a description of the vehicle was provided to police.

At around 4:30 p.m. that afternoon, Blom says a Quesnel RCMP officer saw the vehicle associated to the 100 Mile House wellbeing check request, and attempted to conduct a traffic stop with it. However she says the vehicle didn’t stop and was last seen heading northbound toward Prince George.

Shortly after 5 p.m., she says police received a report of a single-vehicle collision on Highway 97 near Camp Creek Road, south of Prince George. While frontline officers were en route to the collision, the Prince George RCMP received a report of a carjacking that had occurred on the north side of Hixon; the suspect had allegedly assaulted the owner of the vehicle before driving away in his car.