The 34-year-old man, grabbed by the driver of a tanker truck and then dragged several meters under the wheels of the machine in Montreal on Sunday, succumbed to his injuries the night following the collision.
Posted at 9:29 p.m.
“He was a bon vivant, he had a good heart,” testifies Dany Boulet, an itinerant man met near Sainte-Catherine Street on Monday afternoon. Mr. Boulet, 50 years old and originally from Abitibi-Témiscamingue, was not on the scene at the time of the collision the day before. However, he claims to have rubbed shoulders with the victim, whose name he preferred to conceal. “I left just before, a chance, he underlines. But people say it’s sad, deplorable. »
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“He was a bon vivant, he had a good heart,” testifies Dany Boulet, an itinerant man met near Sainte-Catherine Street on Monday afternoon.
The horror scene took place at the corner of boulevard De Maisonneuve and avenue De Lorimier. At this location, located at the Jacques-Cartier Bridge exit, pedestrians must cross five lanes of traffic to reach the other side of the street. It is also one of the favorite places to collect from the waves of motorists arriving from the bridge.
On Sunday, personal effects, including what appeared to be a window squeegee (squeedgein English), were also scattered on the roadway for several meters at the scene of the accident, had noted The Press.
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On Sunday, personal effects, including what appeared to be a window squeegee (squeedgein English), were also scattered on the roadway for several meters at the scene of the accident, had noted The Press.
On Monday, the investigation by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) was still ongoing to try to understand how the accident could have occurred, said Raphaël Bergeron, spokesperson for the SPVM. “For a reason still unknown”, the victim found himself under the wheels of the truck and was dragged several meters, the SPVM said the day before.
The victim, a 34-year-old man, was taken to hospital in critical condition on Sunday. His condition had stabilized in the early evening, but he finally succumbed to his injuries on the night of Sunday to Monday.
The driver of the tanker was not injured, but was still taken care of by the police at the scene of the tragedy for post-traumatic shock.
The number of pedestrians killed on Quebec roads is increasing year after year, recently reported The Press. On March 30, a man in his sixties also lost his life in the Vieux-Rosemont area of Montreal after being hit by a driver at the exit of an alley.
With Vincent Larin, The Press