Canada: Two dead, 9 injured after truck ploughs into pedestrians

Quebec’s Deputy Premier Geneviève Guilbault mentioned it was too early to say if the motive force deliberately hit the pedestrians.

First responders work the scene the place two males have been killed by a pick-up truck in Amqui, Quebec, on Monday [CTV News via AP]

Two males have died after a pick-up truck ploughed into pedestrians beside a street in a small city in jap Quebec province.

The truck hit a number of folks on a pavement outdoors a microbrewery, then continued for an additional 400 to 500 metres alongside the street, swerving and placing extra folks, witnesses instructed native media on Monday.

A provincial police spokeswoman mentioned 9 folks have been injured, together with two in a severe situation.

Sergeant Hélène St-Pierre mentioned the 38-year-old driver, a resident, turned himself in to police and was arrested for allegedly committing a deadly hit and run.

“The motive force of the pick-up truck hit pedestrians who have been strolling alongside Route 132. He continued on his manner for a sure distance and hit different pedestrians,” Sergeant Claude Doiron was quoted as saying by Canadian broadcaster CBC.

Quebec’s Deputy Premier Geneviève Guilbault mentioned it was too early to say if the motive force deliberately hit the pedestrians, the information report mentioned.

St-Pierre mentioned the 2 folks killed have been each males, one in his 60s and the opposite in his 70s.

The incident occurred simply after 3pm alongside St-Benoit Boulevard in Amqui, a city 350km (220 miles) northeast of Quebec Metropolis.

“My coronary heart is with the folks of Amqui, Quebec right now,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned in a Twitter message. “As we study extra concerning the tragic occasions which have taken place, I’m maintaining everybody affected in my ideas.”

Final month in Laval, Quebec, police mentioned a person driving a metropolis bus intentionally smashed right into a daycare centre, killing two kids.

In 2021, a person used a pick-up to kill 4 members of an immigrant household in London, Ontario, in what Trudeau mentioned was a hate crime directed at Muslims.

In 2018, a person in a van rampaged by way of pedestrians in Toronto, killing 10 folks.