Maybe the driver left to look for the I and L

First things first, the incident covered in the article happened inVancouver. When I search nonword initaly on Dictionary.com, initially isn't the first suggested actual word. It's not the second suggested actual word either. From "Police seek driver in fatal hit and run" on CBC News online on June 25, 2011. [FYI: Intal is a trademark, used for a preparation of cromolyn sodium.]