Motorists had the fear of their lives when concrete blocks that were thrown from an overpass landed straight into their windshields while traveling at high speed.
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Driver Maxim Lemieux, whose vehicle was targeted, is in shock.
“It’s literally attempted murder, I could have stayed there!” The [premiers secours] told me that it only happened a few centimeters away, ”plagues Maxim Lemieux, still in shock a few hours after the events.
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Suspects threw concrete blocks at the windshields of two vehicles from an overpass on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, in the Beauport sector, in Quebec.
The 32-year-old was on his way to offer a ride to a friend of his around 3.30am last night when the tragedy happened.
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It was from this viaduct above the Félix-Leclerc highway that the pieces were thrown at the cars.
A concrete block with a diameter of 25 cm crossed his windshield, while he was under the viaduct of the avenue Royale, on the Félix-Leclerc highway.
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“It was like an explosion in the glass, it’s really traumatic. The paramedic made me a sign of the cross and told me that I was blessed, ”says the one who had had his new car for barely 24 hours.
“My cell phone was completely destroyed, but I had no injuries. The police told me that if I had had a passenger, he probably wouldn’t be here today,” added Mr. Lemieux.
Deliberate gesture
If it was initially believed that pieces of the viaduct of the avenue Royale were unhooked, the investigation of the Police force of the City of Quebec (SPVQ) finally showed that people deliberately threw these concrete blocks .
“Witnesses told us they saw suspects. And we discovered that the pieces came from a broken sidewalk on the viaduct, ”explains Marie-Pier Rivard, spokesperson for the SPVQ.
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At least two moving vehicles were targeted by these criminals, their windshields bursting into pieces.
One of the drivers also had to be evaluated after the projectile fell on him while going through the window of his truck.
Several misdeeds
Thirty minutes after this incident, reports were made to denounce two young individuals who were strolling on private land in the same area, at the intersection of rue d’Ariel and rue des Virelais.
A little further south, in Armand and Saint-Exupéry streets, calls were also made to report that a dozen cars had their tires punctured using a blade.
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Two young people arrested
If they were arrested for trespassing at night, the two teenagers aged 14 and 15 are suspected of having a link with all these incidents of vandalism that occurred in the neighborhood and on the viaduct of Avenue Royale during the night.
The investigation is continuing in this case to ensure that there is a link between all these stories, however, underlines the SPVQ.