She didn’t even “come out of nowhere” looks like the driver should have seen her crossing with enough time. That’s assuming he even looked up from his phone

When I was 5, a motorcycle run into me on the sidewalk making me do like a 720 spin while they crashed like 20 meters later. They immediately got up and started cursing at me before they took off when a Kiosk attendant got out. These people have no shame.

I think his behaviour sort of makes sense if you consider how scary it could be for him (bear with me).

He's clearly in the wrong. He knows it. Especially in the court of public opinion; he hit a kid, walking to school. It's broad daylight and it happened at a crosswalk. It's not looking good.

Surely, then, it can't be his fault. Taking responsibility is not an option, it doesn't even cross his mind. If he lashes out, if he berates the person he hit for doing something wrong, maybe he can convince himself it wasn't his fault. Maybe he can convince the girl or the bystanders that it wasn't his fault.

I think this is also why people can be so opposed to bike lanes or other infrastructure that promotes mixed use of roads. When most things are built with only cars in mind, it's easier to blame a pedestrian or cyclist because they seem to be guests in a space for cars.

He should have his legs revoked

He should have his ass kicked

Then his license revoked

I thought Canadians were supposed to be nice?!

I was hit by a car from behind in my early twenties. I sprung up after the impact to look for the person I was walking with. I had a few scrapes and a deeper cut in my arm but nothing that I even noticed for a few minutes. The next day is when that kind of impact gets you. For weeks after, taking an elevator or riding a bus would hurt. It took months to take any running steps. I feel really bad for this girl, it's a big deal even if she's walked it off at the time.

I've seen drivers look me right in the eyes and still pull into my bike lane. Some drivers just don't register anything smaller than a car.

Article mentioned it's minor injuries, but seeing how she get flung off by the car it's definitely not just bruise, but probably nothing permanent.

From the article:

Police said they were dispatched on Oct. 2 at approximately 8:38 a.m. to assist EMS with an injured teenager in the area of Windhaven Gate and Windstone Road in southwest Airdrie.

Upon arrival, it was determined the teen had been crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when she was hit by a white Dodge Caravan, RCMP wrote in a release.

The 17-year-old sustained minor injuries as a result of the collision.

Police said the driver fled the scene, driving eastbound toward 8 Street.

So it sounds like she got medical attention pretty quickly and her injuries were minor, thankfully. Which is pretty remarkable with how fast the driver was going and how she went flying. But good news for the poor kid. I hope she gets a follow-up though, because sometimes injuries from these things can take hours or days to manifest.

Like you, I hope they catch the driver and he gets his license revoked, and also some charges brought against him. His driving was irresponsible, and leaving the scene after hitting someone is a really shitty move.

I know others were positing that because there's no audio maybe he was freaked out and upset that she got up and started walking away. But even in that situation who the fuck acts that way?! Maybe, just maybe... She was walking away to get out of the crosswalk and away from the lunatic who just ran her over. It sounds at least equally reasonable that as she is a teenager girl and got hit by an older male driver so he might fear for her safety and wanted to say least get clear of the vehicle and further danger.

Looking at the video he does appear to be going that speed or less. Probably why she isn’t dead.

I've done that too many times.

If this were the US, then there would have been at least one gun involved.

What do you do? You can’t detain the girl. So she leaves and what? You call the cops and say “I fucked up and hit someone with my van.” Who does that help? Now shes lost in the crowd. You can’t just stay there, so you drive away. What else is there to do?

Even if every charitable assumption you've made is correct, you and every reasonable person knows exactly what he should have done.

You said it yourself. You man up, you call the cops, you tell them “I fucked up and hit someone with my van”, and that there is a human being that needs help. That's it. That's what you do. That's what every single person should have done.

It seems to me you're trying to engage in healthy dialogue, but "That's a ragebait title" is just not true; the headline does, in fact, summarize events rather well.

The adult, the driver of the car, that hit and injured another human, let alone a kid, bears 100% of blame and took none of the responsibility.

Suspect it's somebody filming their CCTV screen from a handheld device.

CCTV probably

Yes, all the conspiracionists.

Not really, everyone carries a camera with them at all times and a bunch of folks have one or more mounted on their cars