Two seniors suffered serious injuries after being violently crushed Thursday afternoon by a driver in a Montreal commercial parking, the second event of the genre this week in the metropolis.
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After shopping, an 89-year-old man and a 97-year-old lady ended up in the wrong place, at the wrong time, in the parking lot of Place Virtu, in the Saint-Laurent borough.
The duo had just placed bags in the trunk of his car and was about to get on board.
It is there that another 80 -year -old motorist could have confused the brake pedal with that of the accelerator, while he was trying to park in a free space.
An 89 -year -old man and a 97 -year -old woman suffered serious injuries after being hit hard in the parking lot of Place Virtu in Montreal on April 17, 2025. Photo Laurent Lavoie
By backing up at full speed, he caused a brutal impact. The victims would have had no reaction time to protect themselves, they were sandwiched between the two cars.
The driver then quickly advanced his Jeep to release them, we learned.
Serious injuries
Upon arrival of emergency services, the octogenarian was in cardiorepiratory arrest. Resuscitation maneuvers were immediately undertaken.
The man was transported to hospital in a very critical state. His partner was also taken to the hospital center, but his life would be out of danger.
We also do not know the exact link that unites the wounded, but it could be friends, according to the authorities.
The left vehicle is that of the victims, the one on the right was led by the faulty motorist, we could see on the stage. Photo Laurent Lavoie
-As for the faulty motorist, he had to be met by the investigators to give his version of the facts.
“We only know that he made a maneuver and that it was during this that the collision occurred,” said agent Mariane Allaire Morin, Montreal police spokesperson.
The scene was protected by a security perimeter and the specialists in accident scene reconstruction were dispatched to the scene to try to establish the circumstances of the drama.
The bumper of the accident vehicle of the victims was damaged after the collision. Photo Laurent Lavoie
Stay concentrated
This tragic event occurs three days after a 47-year-old woman suffered significant injuries in a parking lot in the Mont-Royal Park, in the Ville-Marie district.
According to some witnesses, a 27 -year -old driver was seen riding at a speed “higher than the average”, reported The newspaper.
At some point, he would have struck the victim when he was leaning into the trunk of his own car. The motorist was then arrested for dangerous driving.
For André Durocher, director of the CAA-Québec Foundation and Road Safety, these dramas demonstrate that the risks involved in parking lots are minimized by citizens.
However, everyone has already witnessed “near miss(Quasi-collision), he insisted.
“It is not because we are in a shopping center, at reduced speed, that our attention can be elsewhere,” said the expert, mentioning that several today gave too much confidence in technology, such as reversing cameras.
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