Michael Busija’s life changed in an instant when a stolen truck struck him in a Stoney Creek parking lot on Feb. 5, 2023.
The man behind the wheel, Maxwell Swiston, is now facing sentencing for a spree of crimes that left lasting physical and emotional injuries.
The incident came at the end of a multi-hour crime spree. Swiston and three other men had crashed a stolen white boom truck into the wall of an EZEE Clean car wash. Busija, who happened to be walking past on Highway 8 near Green Road, pulled out his phone to record the chaos.
That’s when Swiston began driving a 2022 Chevrolet Silverado at Busija. Swiston followed the witness into a nearby parking lot, reversed into Busija and fled. The impact was captured on surveillance video.
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