[EN DIRECT] Murderous madness in Amqui: here are all the latest developments

The small town of Amqui, in Bas-Saint-Laurent, is struck by tragedy, when the driver of a pick-up deliberately ran into pedestrians. Here are all the latest developments.

READ | A family shaken by tragedy

At least five members of the same family were injured in the tragedy that occurred in Amqui, when a man deliberately ran into pedestrians on Monday afternoon.

The sister of one of the injured people, Marie-Soleil Anctil, launched a fundraising campaign on the platform, GoFunMein an effort to help his bereaved family.

READ | Difficult days ahead for the community

Nearly 24 hours after the tragic events that occurred Monday in Amqui, the community of the small municipality of Bas-Saint-Laurent is struggling to realize the extent of the tragedy.

READ | Testimony of a friend of Steeve Gagnon: “you should have accepted to be sick”

A man who presents himself as one of Steve Gagnon’s childhood friends, accused of dangerous driving causing the death of two people, posted a message on his Facebook account a few hours after the tragedy in Amqui.

TO SEE | “Criss rotten!”: Suspect Steeve Gagnon arrives at the Amqui courthouse.

READ | “There were too many people on the ground for that to be true”

A retired paramedic, who was on the scene of the tragedy Monday in Amqui, initially thought it was a simulation.

1:45 p.m. | François Legault in Amqui on Thursday

François Legault will go to the scene of the tragedy in Amqui on Thursday; he invites the leaders of the opposition to accompany him.

1:19 p.m. | Murderous madness in Amqui: charges of dangerous driving causing death against Steeve Gagnon

The 38-year-old man who allegedly collided with pedestrians while driving his van on Monday in Amqui is currently facing charges of dangerous driving causing the death of two people.

READ | “I can still see his bloodied face”

A woman who tried to rescue one of the victims of the tragedy in Amqui on Monday evening is struggling to get out of her head the vision of horror she witnessed when she saw all the victims scattered on the ground.

12 p.m. | “All of Quebec is behind Amqui”: Bonnardel announces the establishment of a crisis unit

“I want to offer my condolences to the entire community of Amqui. We are more than saddened. All of Quebec is behind Amqui, said the Minister of Public Security.

11:26 am | Minister François Bonnardel arrived at Amqui City Hall

10:52 am | François Bonnardel will take stock this afternoon

In the aftermath of the tragedy in Amqui, in the Matapédia valley, the Minister of Public Security François Bonnardel is on hand to provide an update on the tragedy at noon.

READ | “When you see the people who are crushed in front of you”

“We think we’re strong, but the gentleman who went under the car is what’s on my mind,” says David Morin, who was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the drama in Amqui.

10:04 am | “We wondered if we had not dreamed”, declares the mayor of Amqui

The tragedy in Amqui, in which a driver ran into several people on Monday afternoon, killing two of them, deeply shook the community located in the Matapédia Valley.

10am | Three people still in critical condition, at least two children injured

Of the six victims transferred by air ambulance to Quebec, three people are still in critical condition, according to a report from the CHU de Québec–Université Laval.

9 am | The Sûreté du Québec takes stock

SQ spokesman Claude Dorion said the victims were between less than a year old and 77 years old. The suspect, who turned himself in to police, acted alone, according to police. He was not known to the authorities.

6:50 am | The suspect will appear today

The suspect, Steeve Gagnon, should appear today, the day after the tragedy that occurred in Amqui, in Bas-Saint-Laurent, which leaves in mourning the families of two victims.

READ | Driver deliberately hits pedestrians

The driver of a van killed at least two people and injured nine by deliberately ramming pedestrians on Monday afternoon in a small town in Bas-Saint-Laurent. A new murderous madness, a little more than a month after that of a daycare center in Laval.