A young mother is angry and feels traumatized, saying she was hit by a truck in an incident of outrage on early Saturday.
Margaret (Macey) Cobass was walking through Mulvey Avenue East, south of Mulvey Market, when she was beaten around 12:30 am, she was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
“I am really traumatized and disbelief because I did nothing bad,” Cobass told the Free press Sunday. “I made sure to go. I was safe. I wasn’t drunk, there was nothing. I was aware of everything. “
Margaret Cobass lesions of the incident include a broken clavicle, a broken hip, a fractured pelvis and broken ribs. He underwent surgery on Saturday night to repair the clavicle.
The mother of two 25 -year -old children said she was walking towards a bar in Osborne Village to play pool when the incident occurred. She said she made visual contact with the truck driver before leaving the sidewalk, which indicated that she was safe to cross the street.
He said that when he put in front of the truck, the driver led her, knocked her down and led her to her. As she recalled, he then backed her up and drove her forward on her again.
“I was driving intentionally slow, and it showed that I knew it was under the vehicle,” Cobass said.
His wounds include a broken clavicle, a broken hip, a fractured pelvis and broken ribs. He underwent surgery on Saturday night to repair the clavicle.
The collision of blow and leakage occurs approximately one month after one of the friends of the coverage was fatally hit in a similar incident, he said.
Cobass, who is originally from Buffalo Point First Nation, a community next to the Manitoba-US border about 170 km southeast of Winnipeg, said he thinks he was attacked because he is indigenous.
She believes that the driver and an accomplice intended to return to the scene to kidnap her.
“I could feel the hatred and ignorance shown by those men, and all I could do was cry for help,” he said.
“I could feel the hatred and ignorance shown by those men, and all I could do was cry for help.”– Margaret Cobass
Winnipeg Police Service officers were sent to the scene early Saturday.
“The information provided at that time said that a white truck had hit a pedestrian and left the scene before the arrival of the police,” WPS Const spokesman. Claude Chancy said Sunday.
There are no indications that the incident was an attempt to kidnapping, he added.
The organization of the South Chiefs and the Chiefs Assembly of Manitoba published about the incident on social networks during the weekend.
“The organization of the South bosses condemns the acts of violence against our citizens,” said Sco Jerry Daniels in a statement published on Facebook. “I extend my prayers for healing and justice to this young woman, her children and those who love her.”
The AMC urged the public to remain attentive and encouraged anyone with information about the incident to present.
“Enough is enough,” the organization published on Facebook. “Our women deserve to be safe.”
The SCO reiterated the need for “urgent action” on the tragedy of indigenous women, girls and people of disappeared gender fun, while the AMC demanded “real steps” to address the problem.
The Tojo, who is originally from Buffalo Point First Nation, believes he was attacked because he is indigenous.
More than a dozen people gathered outside the Center for Health Sciences on Saturday afternoon, drums and singing to demand arbinity justice.
Speaking to journalists, Macey’s older sister, Kari Cobass, wondered if her brother could have ended on a Manitoba landfill, like some or all the four victims of the serial killer Jeremy Skibicki.
“There are men … who go after our people, our women, and that is just reality,” said Kari Cobass.
Macey’s mother, also called Margaret Cobass, told the Free press Sunday is grateful for the support of the community.
“As a family, we are all shaken, we are broken,” he said. “I hope justice leaves this and find the guys who did this to my baby. No one should go through this. Nobody.”
WPS research is ongoing.
– With Katie May files
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