The snowboarder caught by a motorist who then fled on Sunday evening, died Monday morning. A vehicle that could be linked to this fatal hit-and-run in the Centre-Sud has also been located by the Montreal police, about four kilometers from the scene of the collision.
It was the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) which confirmed Monday, at the start of the day, that the young victim died in a hospital center in the morning. “Our investigators are still actively working on the case to identify the driver,” said Constable Jeanne Drouin, spokesperson for the Montreal police.
Several witnesses have been met in particular in the last hours, and others should be on Monday. Investigators should also have access to videotapes from surveillance cameras located near the collision site, to draw up a more precise sequence of events.
A vehicle was also found after a 911 call was made on Sunday evening. The initial report mentioned a car “left without an occupant”, on a vacant lot at the corner of Sicard and Notre-Dame Est streets, in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
According to our information, the police have good reason to believe that the abandoned vehicle is involved in the fatal hit-and-run. This occurred around 6:30 p.m., late Sunday afternoon, at the corner of avenue De Lorimier and rue Sainte-Catherine, in the Centre-Sud district.
Officially, the police do not yet confirm the link between the vehicle found and the event, but “investigation steps were immediately initiated on the ground” where the automobile was found, confirms agent Drouin on this subject. . The vehicle was towed overnight for further investigation.
More details should be provided during the day on the progress of the investigation. If no suspect is apprehended, a description of the latter could possibly be provided to the public.
According to the account first offered by Montreal police on Sunday, the 22-year-old was riding a skateboard east-west on Sainte-Catherine Street when he was hit by a motorist coming from the north, at the intersection of avenue De Lorimier. The driver of the vehicle reportedly left the scene following the impact, thus committing a hit-and-run.
Investigators had set up a large security perimeter on Sunday evening by closing De Lorimier Avenue between René-Lévesque and Maisonneuve Boulevards and Saint-Catherine Street between Cartier and Parthenais streets. Specialized investigators notably went to the scene in an attempt to establish the circumstances of the tragedy.
At this location, Avenue De Lorimier is quite wide, with three lanes of traffic in each direction. A traffic light is also present. On Sunday evening, the young victim’s skateboard could still be seen on the scene, split in two.
Note also that the skateboard park located at the corner of boulevard Maisonneuve and avenue De Lorimier is currently under construction and covered in snow.
With Vincent Larin, The Press