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Un réveillon se transforme en cauchemar à St-Hilaire: une mère écrase son fils

Un réveillon se transforme en cauchemar à St-Hilaire
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No photos of the actual crash -- it was too dark to really get a crisp "action" photo, if you will. Here is what happened, and the local newspaper interviewed me... at one end of the block, a pipe had burst, and cars were splashing water everywhere. It was 24 out, so they made a trail of ice from end of the block to the other. (On Ellwood, between Sheppard and Belmont). In all fairness, I debated calling the police, but I didn't know if I was just worrying too much - so I didn't. I tend to over-analyze things. Anyway, I stood out on the balcony half-expecting an accident, and within minutes ... a cop car was out front stopped at the light. I saw an SUV approaching, and thought "wow, he's going to hit him." He did. It was ever-so-slight, and was one of those situations like, "did someone just hit me?" Both vehicles pulled over to the left side of the street ... the cop did not turn on his lights, so it's not as if he was causing a distraction to other drivers. I stayed on the balcony ... and two light cycles later, I heard LOUD skid marks, long horn honk, and a truck smacks into the back of a car. I lean over the balcony (tree was blocking my direct view) and quickly realized it was a second police car which had been hit. So, two accidents, two light cycles apart at the same spot. (The second car was not stopped to assit first car ... I'd even call the first accident a "non-event" because it was so minor). Everyone seemed OK, no ambulances. Police blocked off the entire street with barricades and had to re-route traffic so utilities could sand the roads and fix the pipe which lasted until about midnight.(The car in the middle was hit first, then pulled to the left, out of the flow of traffic. Car partially blocked by tree was hit second, in an entirely separate accident from first accident. Notice each lane has two lines of black ice, (reflecting the blue lights of the police cars)).
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No photos of the actual crash -- it was too dark to really get a crisp "action" photo, if you will. Here is what happened, and the local newspaper interviewed me... at one end of the block, a pipe had burst, and cars were splashing water everywhere. It was 24 out, so they made a trail of ice from end of the block to the other. (On Ellwood, between Sheppard and Belmont). In all fairness, I debated calling the police, but I didn't know if I was just worrying too much - so I didn't. I tend to over-analyze things. Anyway, I stood out on the balcony half-expecting an accident, and within minutes ... a cop car was out front stopped at the light. I saw an SUV approaching, and thought "wow, he's going to hit him." He did. It was ever-so-slight, and was one of those situations like, "did someone just hit me?" Both vehicles pulled over to the left side of the street ... the cop did not turn on his lights, so it's not as if he was causing a distraction to other drivers. I stayed on the balcony ... and two light cycles later, I heard LOUD skid marks, long horn honk, and a truck smacks into the back of a car. I lean over the balcony (tree was blocking my direct view) and quickly realized it was a second police car which had been hit. So, two accidents, two light cycles apart at the same spot. (The second car was not stopped to assit first car ... I'd even call the first accident a "non-event" because it was so minor). Everyone seemed OK, no ambulances. Police blocked off the entire street with barricades and had to re-route traffic so utilities could sand the roads and fix the pipe which lasted until about midnight.(The car in the middle was hit first, then pulled to the left, out of the flow of traffic. Car partially blocked by tree was hit second, in an entirely separate accident from first accident. Notice each lane has two lines of black ice, (reflecting the blue lights of the police cars)).

Un terrible drame s'est déroulé samedi soir à Mont-Saint-Hilaire, en Montérégie, alors qu'un homme de 43 ans a été écrasé à mort par un véhicule conduit par sa mère.

La dame de 83 ans tentait de stationner sa voiture dans l'entrée de la résidence de son fils, sous la surveillance de celui-ci. En reculant, le véhicule se serait emballé, heurtant à mort la victime.

Selon les hypothèses émises par la police locale, la conductrice a peut-être appuyé sur l'accélérateur plutôt que sur les freins, ou il pourrait s'agir d'un problème mécanique. Des expertises seront effectuées.

La tragédie s'est produite sous les yeux de la petite fille de 6 ans de la victime.

Sous le choc, tous les membres de la famille, qui s'apprêtaient à réveillonner, ont été hospitalisés.

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