AbsolutSurgen Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 2 children dead, driver arrested after bus crashes into daycare in Laval, Que. | CBC News WWW.CBC.CA A Laval police spokesperson said a city bus from the Société de transport de Laval hit a daycare in the Sainte-Rose neighbourhood around 8:30 a.m. Two children are dead, others are injured. The driver of the bus was arrested. Quote Hamdi Ben Chaabane, who lives in the neighbourhood and witnessed the crash, said the bus was travelling 30 or 40 kilometres per hour when it struck the daycare. "From what I saw, it wasn't an accident," he said. After the bus struck the daycare, the driver emerged and began acting erratically. "He opened the door. He took off all his clothes. He was totally naked," Ben Chaabane said. "We don't know why he did that. We dove on him. We tried to subdue him." He described the driver as being "in another world." "It was a nightmare. It's horrible. He didn't stop yelling. He wasn't saying words," Ben Chaabane said. When the group tried to pry children out from underneath the bus, Ben Chaabane said they reached one child, who was only lightly injured, but were unable to reach a girl who was stuck deeper beneath rubble. He said they continued trying to reach the trapped children until firefighters arrived and told them to leave because the roof of the daycare was caving in. According to the Stéphane Boyer, the mayor of Laval, the person who was arrested has worked for the STL for 10 years but didn't have any prior incidents on his record. "There is a hypothesis that this was an intentional act but it will have to be confirmed by the investigation," Boyer said. "It's chaos," said Julia Moreno, a mother whose child was in the daycare when the bus struck it. "There are injured children. It's terrible." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 What the fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 What the hell? Was he drunk or high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Well, this is just about the shittiest way to remind myself I need to book a trip up to Laval soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 1 hour ago, marioandsonic said: What the hell? Was he drunk or high? The only info that seems to have been released to the press is that they think it was deliberate. They have confirmed it was 51 year old Pierre Ny St. Amand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 The driver has been charged with first-degree murder along with several other charges. Driver of bus that crashed into Montreal daycare center charged with murder | Canada | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Pierre Ny St-Amand charged with first degree murder after two children died and six were injured in incident Quote Police have charged a bus driver with first-degree murder after he drove his vehicle at a high speed into a daycare center north of Montreal, killing two children, injuring six and leaving authorities searching for a motive. Witnesses say that after Wednesday’s crash, the 51-year-old driver, identified as Pierre Ny St-Amand, stepped out of the bus, stripped off his clothes and started screaming. “He was just yelling; there were no words coming out of his mouth,” Hamdi Benchaabane said. A neighbor who ran to the center in Laval, Quebec, said she saw children screaming and crying and watched a mother collapse. St-Amand is facing nine charges including first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault causing bodily harm. He appeared in court via video late on Wednesday from a hospital room and will remain detained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 When guns aren’t an option, vehicles are the weapon of choice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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