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91ƵShe ran over my leg and foot91Ƶ: Surrey mayor91Ƶs 911 call revealed in public mischief trial

Doug McCallum is accused of misleading police
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Doug McCallum going through security at Surrey provincial court in Surrey on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. (Photo: Anna Burns)

Doug McCallum91Ƶs edited 911 call, roughly nine minutes long, to report an alleged hit-and-run in which he claimed a woman ran over his foot was played out in Surrey provincial court Tuesday (Nov. 1).

He told the dispatcher a driver 91Ƶjust about hit me, actually91Ƶ and 91Ƶshe ran over my leg and foot.91Ƶ

He described the driver as 91Ƶfairly stocky91Ƶ in her 60s.

The driver, Deborah Johnstone,

91ƵShe91Ƶs harassed me before,91Ƶ McCallum told the dispatcher. 91ƵShe called me a piece of shit.91Ƶ

Asked if he needed an ambulance, McCallum said he could drive with his right foot to hospital and that his left foot was 91Ƶvery numb.91Ƶ

The call was edited by the court to omit the former mayor91Ƶs personal information.

McCallum later told the Surrey RCMP during a 58-minute interview at the station that 91Ƶshe just floored it. I thought she was going to peel rubber.91Ƶ

91ƵThey came out of nowhere and just pinned me,91Ƶ he told the RCMP. 91ƵLiterally just about pinned me.91Ƶ

91ƵShe was screaming terrible stuff.91Ƶ

He said the driver, who was 91Ƶwearing a white 91ƵKeep the RCMP in Surrey91Ƶ shirt,91Ƶ turned at him, ran over his foot 91Ƶand took off91Ƶ while 91Ƶshouting at the top of her lungs.91Ƶ

McCallum told the police officer he went to Peace Arch Hospital and underwent seven X-rays which, he said, revealed soft tissue damage but no broken bones.

91ƵShe literally turned into me,91Ƶ he said, 91Ƶand ran over my foot.91Ƶ

91ƵIt looked like she just purposely wanted to clip me,91Ƶ he said.

91ƵShe91Ƶs at every council meeting, she harasses us all the time.91Ƶ

The former Surrey mayor is charged with one count of public mischief, stemming from an encounter on Sept. 4, 2021 between himself and a group of volunteers that was gathering petition signatures outside the South Point Save-On-Foods store in South Surrey for a referendum on the policing transition. McCallum is accused of misleading police with his complaint.

McCallum said he walked over to Keep the RCMP organizer Ivan Scott to complain.

91ƵHe even noticed I was limping,91Ƶ McCallum claimed.

McCallum said doctors told him 91Ƶthat appears to be assault.91Ƶ

91ƵShe ran over my toe,91Ƶ he said, claiming the driver was in a 91Ƶrage.

91ƵI think what happened is she really wanted to pin me.91Ƶ

The trial, set for seven days, continues.



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