The victim was crossing the boulevard to get to that terminus of the same name before being hit by a vehicle travelling east. At that time, she was transported to a hospital within minutes of the incident, and the SPL said they “feared for her life”.

The driver, in her 40s, was treated for a nervous shock.

That incident occurred less than two hours, after another collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian happened in Auteuil. The victim was travelling from east to west, at 7656 des Laurentides Boulevard, which is located between Riopelle and Rémillard streets.

“Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) maneuvers were attempted when help arrived, but the death of the victim was confirmed on the spot,” confirmed the Service de police de Laval (SPL) spokesperson, Stéphanie Beshara, following the incident. “The victim was a 61-year-old man.”

For both cases, the SPL favoured the thesis of accidental events. (N.P.)

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The first pedestrian was travelling from east to west, at 7656, des Laurentides Boulevard, which is located between Riopelle and Rémillard streets, in Auteuil. The driver was heading south when the collision occurred.

“Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) maneuvers were attempted when help arrived, but the death of the victim was confirmed on the spot,” confirmed the Service de police de Laval (SPL) spokesperson, Stéphanie Beshara. “The victim was a 61-year-old man.”

Critical Condition

The second incident took place on Cartier Boulevard.

A 37-year-old woman was crossing Cartier Boulevard to get to that terminus of the same name. However, she was hit by a vehicle travelling east.

The SPL said the victim’s in serious condition, and that we fear for her life. The driver, in her 40s, was treated for a nervous shock.

For both cases, the SPL favours the thesis of accidental events.

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The scene occurred around 4:16 p.m., time of the 911 call, yesterday afternoon, in the busy sector of Laval-des-Rapides.

An 81-year-old man, with a 54-year-old passenger by his side, was trying to park his car at the supermarket.

Wanting to position himself to immobilize his car in a parking space, the man first backed into a car, already parked behind him, and inside which was a lady.

In panic, the driver then made a turn, and pressed the accelerator, hitting a 41-year-old woman who was on the road.

She ended up on her hood, while the 81-year-old man then hit two other vehicles, as well as a 68-year-old person. He then hit the two posts installed in front of the main entrance to the business.

It propelled the 41-year-old woman to the ground, the latter finding herself in an unfortunate position, partially lying under the engine block of the vehicle, which then smashed the front doors in its tracks.

Intervention

Arriving on site at 4:20 p.m., barely four minutes after the 911 call, the eight firefighters required for the intervention, two units from Laval’s Fire and Safety Department, quickly gave first aid to the victim.

In addition to experiencing severe nervous shock, the victim suffered very serious arm fractures, and facial lacerations.

After stabilizing the victim, firefighters were able to hand her over quickly, at 4:23 p.m., to the Urgences-santé paramedics, so that she could be transported to a hospital. Luckily, her condition remains stable.

As for the other two people injured, they were both treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The scene was then entrusted to officers from the Service de police de Laval (SPL), to investigate the circumstances of that spectacular accident.

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The incident took place around 11:38 a.m. yesterday, time of the 911 call.

The first firefighters arrived on the scene at 11:44 a.m., noting with relief that no one was inside the vehicles struck at the time of the collision.

However, the driver was in a bad shape, the safety airbags of her vehicle having deployed under the impact of the accident.

The firefighters quickly freed the woman, and handed her over to the care of Urgences-santé paramedics. She suffered minor injuries in her misadventure.

“We were lucky no one else was injured in such circumstances [i.e. in a busy commercial parking lot],” said Vincent Mercier, chief of operations for Laval’s Fire and Safety Department.

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It was 11:15 p.m. when the accident occured on Laval soil.

At that time, the suspect vehicle was going eastbound on Dagenais Boulevard (west), while the victim was heading toward the opposite direction.

When the victim wanted to enter Espher Street, the suspect vehicle hit him head-on at high speed.

The victim rolled over many times, his vehicle ending up completely overturned due to the severity of the impact.

Quick Intervention

Warned at 11:18 p.m., the first of the 10 firefighters assigned to the case arrived on site at 11:24 p.m.

Working hard to take the 60-year-old out of his badly damaged vehicle, the firefighters used their extrication tools, cutting the steel to finally recover the then unconscious victim,  and hand him over to the care of Urgences-santé paramedics at 11:50 p.m.

Transported to a hospital centre, it’s a medical team who pronounced the victim’s death, who succumbed to multiple traumas and internal injuries.

Other Driver Involved

The driver of the suspect vehicle, a 52-year-old man, was also taken to hospital for minor injuries treatments.

Officers from the Service de police de Laval (SPL) arrested him, and he was scheduled to appear in court today, facing at least one charge of impaired driving causing death.

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L’article Third Fatal Accident in Two Weeks in Laval est apparu en premier sur Courrier Laval news.

On Thursday, Sept. 15, at 7:50 a.m., many calls were made to 911 about an event involving two vehicles that occurred on the service road of Highway 15 (northbound), near du Souvenir Boulevard .

The victim, a 53-year-old man, was reportedly hit head-on by a vehicle that subsequently left the scene, in what looks like a new case of extreme road rage on the roads of Quebec.

“We’re talking about an important witness, who was driving a grey Hyundai Accent, a model from years 2017–2010,” said Erika Landry, spokesperson for the SPL.

When arriving, police officers found the victim on the ground, in critical condition. The person was quickly transported to a hospital. The victim was kept in artificial life temporarily, pending a possible organ donation, before the death was finally confirmed on the morning of Friday, Sept. 16.

In the event of an arrest, the person driving the vehicle that struck the victim should face, at least, a charge of hit and run causing death.

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Several elements of the investigation showed that, at the time of the event, a black man, wearing an orange tank top, speaking French, and driving his vehicle southbound on Route 335, stopped on the scene to assist injured persons.

Investigators would like to contact him, as well as anyone else who witnessed the accident and the scene.

Details

Around 10:30 p.m. on July 4, the two victims, two young women aged 26, were traveling northbound on Route 335 in a Toyota vehicle.

Unfortunately, a white Cadillac SUV traveling rapidly southbound would have passed several times to end up in the opposite lane, causing a head-on collision between the two vehicles.

The vehicle’s driver was seriously injured and the death of the passenger was confirmed shortly after her arrival at the hospital. (J.B.)

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