The man claimed a stranger stole and crashed his Tesla on Sea-to-Sky Highway near Lions Bay. But car's sensor data revealed his lies.
A former North Vancouver man who crashed his Tesla on the Sea-to-Sky Highway and then lied to police, telling them he had been carjacked has been handed a $5,750 fine and told to pay back almost $1,300 for towing and storage of his vehicle.
The vehicle had collided with a concrete barrier, scraping the passenger side of the car and causing the front passenger wheel to fall off. The car’s airbag had also gone off in the crash. When he stopped, Forouzandeh said the man got into his car and told him to “give him everything and move.” Forouzandeh described the man as looking “Mexican” and being scrawny with long curly hair. He told police he gave the man his phone and Apple watch and he drove off south in the Tesla while Forouzandeh walked to Horseshoe Bay and called a cab.
A police sketch artist created a portrait based on Forouzandeh’s description, said Masse, but no suspects were ever identified.Meanwhile, police investigators had extracted a USB drive from the vehicle, which contained information about the Tesla’s movements prior to the crash. Sensor data showed that the vehicle had been driven from Squamish to the site of the crash without stopping, said Masse, and that nobody else had entered the car at any point in that journey.
Police had stopped Forouzandeh for driving his Tesla with no lights on at night. But when officers approached the vehicle, he smelled of alcohol and gave unintelligible answers to questions, said Masse.He then became aggressive, swearing at police and punched one officer twice in the chest, the court heard.
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