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At 3:00 p.m. EST on March 13, 2023, in Amqui, a town 350 kilometers (220 miles) northeast of Quebec City in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, Canada, a man drove his pick up truck into groups of pedestrians walking along Saint-Benoît Boulevard, also known as Route 132. [1] [2] [3] The driver fled the scene. A suspect turned himself to police ...
A Quebec Superior Court in Laval found him fit to stand trial, but ordered a second psychiatric assessment to assess his mental condition at the time of the crash to determine criminal responsibility. The report has been submitted to the court and sealed from the public to allow prosecution and defense time to examine the report.
Les Éboulements, Quebec: 44 Canada's deadliest traffic accident occurred in Les Eboulements, Quebec, after a bus transporting a group of seniors suffered brake failure and careened down an embankment into a ravine, killing 43 on board including the driver. Fatigue and maintenance were found to be contributing factors in the crash. [1]
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Tignish train crash: 21 February 1932: near Tignish, Prince Edward Island: 4: 11: A snowstorm resulted in a train getting stuck in a snow drift. Another train collided head on with the stuck train. The incident is considered PEI's worst rail accident. [50] Cataraqui automobile/train crash: 6 October 1945: Chesterville, Ontario: 6: 0
The 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident, also known as the St. Joseph Bus Accident, occurred on Thanksgiving Day, October 13, 1997, in Les Éboulements (St-Joseph-de-la-Rive), Quebec, Canada. 44 died as a result of the crash, making it the deadliest traffic collision in Canadian history.
The Accident at Lac-Bouchette occurred on July 17, 1993, when a minibus carrying senior citizens collided with a van, resulting in an inferno that killed 19, just outside of Lac-Bouchette, Quebec on highway 155.
Immediately after the disaster Queen Elizabeth II sent her sympathies for the victims to then Governor-General Georges Vanier. [10]After receiving numerous complaints, requests to reopen the investigation and public demonstrations of disagreement by the citizens of the city of Dorion, the level crossing was replaced by a double underpass by direction of Paul Gérin-Lajoie during November 1972.