Bowden resident run over while having truck stolen

A Bowden resident was injured while trying to prevent their truck from being stolen.

It was at about 7:40 a.m. Monday when Olds RCMP, Fire Department and EMS were dispatched to a complaint of a theft of a truck and hit and run of a person in Bowden. 

A dark coloured pickup truck, believed to be a GMC Sierra, with two male occupants and a snowmobile in the box was seen by a witness driving into a back alley.  One male exited the truck and entered a Chevrolet Silverado parked outside a residence. 

Police say the owner of that truck exited his house and confronted the suspect as he drove away. As he approached the truck, the victim was struck and run over.  The suspect fled in the victim’s truck, as did the driver of the other pickup truck.