The violent collision that claimed the lives of the Adstock father and two of his four children last March was the result of voluntary action, the coroner’s report said.
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“Mr. “Asselin had never braked or tried to avoid the collision before the impact in the lane in which the heavy goods vehicle was traveling (eastbound), “said the report by Mr. Donald Nicole released on Tuesday.
On March 15, after a day at Bora Parc in Village Vacances Valcartier, the minivan carrying the six family members was traveling on Route 112 near Vallée-Jonction in Chaudière-Appalaches when it collided head-on with one heavy weight on the other Direction.
Her son Nathan, 12, and his sister Jolène, 4, died from multiple trauma and cerebral anoxia as a result of the impact of the intentional collision. Little Jolène Asselin died of cerebral anoxia as a result of polytrauma as a result of an intentionally caused traffic accident. The coroner states that both cases were “homicides”.
The mother and two other children suffered serious injuries in this serious incident.
Surprisingly, according to police investigations, the 42-year-old father had not uttered any words or made any gestures in the hours before the fatal collision that indicated he was under psychological stress.
Photo from Henrik Asselin’s Facebook page
“Analysis of the data from the minivan’s safety device control module revealed that five seconds before the collision, the vehicle was traveling at a speed of 130 km/h, the driver accelerated and turned the steering wheel to the left to intervene in the oncoming lane advised,” the report reads.
“In addition, the driver of the minivan never applied the brakes or attempted to avoid the collision,” said the coroner’s report, which noted that the driver of the truck involved in the accident was traveling at approximately 70 km/h at the time of impact , according to the analysis of the truck’s GPS module.
Henrik Asselin, 42, died of “severe multiple trauma following an intentional traffic accident.”