The driver of a pickup truck that killed two people and injured nine others Monday in the Quebec town of Amqui was facing dangerous driving charges after police said he drove into pedestrians chosen at random, including children.
Court documents signed Tuesday by a justice of the peace identified the accused as 38-year-old Steeve Gagnon of Amqui.
Provincial police Sgt. Claude Doiron told reporters near the scene that the investigation suggests the driver swerved from one side of the road to the other over a considerable distance to hit victims who ranged in age from a baby to 77 years old. Gérald Charest, 65, and Jean Lafrenière, 73, were killed. The injured include two children — one who is less than one year old and another who is about three — who were both seriously hurt but whose lives are not in danger. On Monday night, a crumpled baby stroller could be seen off the side of the road behind police tape.
"He was alive when I arrived, and when I went to see another person, I came back and he was dead," he said. Doiron said the suspect had not "necessarily" had previous encounters with police and was co-operating well with authorities.
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