Dejected by the death of three young adults in a road accident along Route 239, in Saint-Robert, about twenty friends, acquaintances and colleagues gathered at the scene of the tragedy on Tuesday morning.
Posted at 5:00 a.m.
The young people present, several of whom rubbed shoulders with the three victims aged 19 and 18, laid flowers one by one next to three crosses installed on Montée Sainte-Victoire in Saint-Robert, a few kilometers from Sorel-Tracy. They remained silent for a long time at the scene of the accident last Sunday.
PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, THE PRESS
Friends, acquaintances and colleagues laid flowers to pay tribute to the three victims.
The group was accompanied by two specialized speakers who came to support them in this ordeal.
Above all, we are here to help them. Otherwise, we send the message: we must avoid speed on the road.
A specialist on site
Marc-Antoine Langelier, Edward Chevalier and Zachary Comtois lost their lives Sunday evening shortly after 7 p.m. They were traveling at high speed in a red Honda Civic. A 16-year-old passenger was also in the vehicle. The teenager was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.
PHOTO FROM GOFUNDME FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS
Marc-Antoine Langelier (left), Zachary Comtois (center) and Edward Chevalier (right)
She survived this accident where the speed would be in question, according to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
Calls for awareness
The hypothesis of drug or alcohol consumption was quickly ruled out, according to information provided by the police force.
Several relatives paid tribute to the three victims on social networks, while educating other Internet users to avoid speeding on the road.
“It’s a lesson [pour] the young, the old, [peu] imported, [arrêtez] to go fast on the roads because it loses people we appreciate and who [comptaient] enormously ! “Wrote Olivia Papillon, friend of one of the victims, in a Facebook post.
A fundraiser has been launched on the GoFundMe site to help the families of the victims.