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Mounties say a 48-year-old man has been charged with assault and dangerous driving following a road incident involving a cyclist in Nanaimo, B.C., that was caught on camera and shared widely on social media in August.
Marcel Trudeau, a Nanaimo resident, will make his first court appearance on Tuesday, according to RCMP.
The update comes more than two months after dash camera footage recorded by a Tesla in the area appeared to show a motorcyclist at the intersection of Granite Park Road and Departure Bay Road reach out toward a cyclist on the roadway, who then tumbled across the opposite lane and onto the sidewalk.
Mounties say the cyclist, a 78-year-old man, was shoved and lost control of his bike, colliding with the raised sidewalk and crashing face first.
"The resulting attention by local media and the public after viewing and posting the video of the incident, was extremely useful as it allowed the investigation to move forward and for police to identify the suspect, " said Reserve Const. Gary O'Brien.
