More information was released Tuesday about the victims who were struck by a pickup truck in the small Quebec town of Amqui in the Lower St. Lawrence region. Quebec provincial police spokesperson Claude Dorion said that two men aged 73 and 65 were killed when they were walking on the side of the road and nine others were injured, including a baby less than a year old and a three-year-old toddler.
who were fatally struck by a suspect driving a pickup truck in the small Quebec town of AmquiQuebec provincial police spokesperson Claude Doiron said that Jean Lafreniere, 73, and Gerald Charest, 65, were killed walking on the side of the road. Ten others were injured and transported to hospital, including an infant and a three-year-old toddler.
Dorion said it appears to be a premeditated act and the suspect was not known to police. He added the driver admitted to the crime and turned himself in to a local police station.Six victims were transported to the Enfant-Jesus Hospital in Quebec City and four are being treated at the Amqui Hospital. Three others were treated on scene and released. One patient remains at the Amqui Hospital on Tuesday.The health and social services centre in the Lower St.
The Bloc MP for Avignon--La Mitis--Matane--Matapédia, Kristina Michaud, said she was shocked to hear the news."Still reeling from the events of this afternoon in Amqui," she wrote on Twitter. "My thoughts are with the injured, witnesses, and their loved ones." Encore sous le choc des événements de cet après-midi à Amqui. Mes plus sincères condoléances aux familles des victimes. Mes pensées sont avec les blessés, témoins et leurs proches. C’est toute une communauté qui est touchée et qui devra guérir de blessures parfois inapaisables.Michaud told The Canadian Press that she was worried about her own mother, who takes walks on that street.
"Here in Amqui, when you hear a police, ambulance or fire siren, you stick your nose out the window because you think, 'Who is that? We must know this person,'" she said. "Yesterday, it was several people we knew. It's extremely disturbing. The whole community wishes it was a bad dream."With files from The Canadian Press.
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