Victim assaulted after pulling over to help stranger

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) badge is seen on an officer's arm on Jan. 24, 2023. (Dan Lauckner/CTV Kitchener)

The Ontario Provincial Police are asking for help identifying a person involved in a roadside assault.

Police were called to Fifth Line and Wellington Road 50 in Erin on June 2. They were told a driver had stopped to help a person they spotted at the side of the road.

An altercation began and the driver was assaulted. The suspect left before police arrived.

The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Police have described the suspect as a Black man, between 6’0” and 6’2” and a stocky build. He had patchy stubble and curly hair that was shaved at the side and dreadlocks. He wore a thick gold chain, work-style gloves, a loop earring in his left ear and a diamond earring in his right.

The suspect was driving an older model dark grey Honda Accord or Honda Civic with an oversized exhaust. There was also minor damage to the driver’s side bumper.