a bus hits a daycare center near Montreal, killing two children and injuring several

A bus hit a daycare center in Laval, the third largest city in Quebec (Canada), on the outskirts of Montreal, Wednesday, February 8. Two young children died, police said. Six other children were taken to hospital and “are out of danger”added Erika Landry, spokesperson for the Laval police where the daycare is located. The driver, a 51-year-old man, was arrested for homicide and dangerous driving.she added. “We think it’s deliberate, but we don’t know the motive”Laval police chief Pierre Brochet later said.

The collision happened around 8:30 a.m. local time. The police are investigating whether the act was intentional. The man behind the wheel was “half undressed” and relatives saw it “deliberately rushing into daycare”testified on Radio Canada the wife of a man who helped to control the driver.

Justin Trudeau ‘devastated’

Sainte-Justine hospital, which received the victims of the accident, confirmed that there were several seriously injured. The establishment usually accommodates 80 to 85 children. “I’m devastated. We all are. I can’t imagine what families are going through”Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in the halls of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa.