A 28-year-old driver suspected of fatally hitting a pedestrian while drunk in Drummondville on Friday night has been released by police.
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“The suspect was ultimately released pending further proceedings,” said Catherine Bernard, spokeswoman for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), without being able to give the reasons for this decision.
The young man therefore did not appear in court to face charges, said Sergeant Bernard. In this case, Le Journal will not mention him by name for the time being. The police investigation is ongoing.
However, the victim in this case was confirmed to be Jean-François Larivière, a 50-year-old man from Drummondville in Centre-du-Québec.
He was crossing Rue des Écoles accompanied by another person when he was hit by a car traveling south at high speed near Rue Hervé-Tessier, not far from the Sainte-Croix hospital, at around 8:35 p.m., reported the SQ.
No speed
The pedestrian was seriously injured; By the end of the evening he was in critical condition. His death was later confirmed by authorities.
The person next to him was neither hit nor injured.
The violent collision occurred in a location with no special signage for drivers or pedestrians. Speed wouldn’t play a role either, says the state police.
The suspect in this case was arrested shortly after the accident and failed a breathalyzer test.
According to Le Journal’s research, there are several dozen cases of traffic violations and municipal regulations, including speeding and using a cell phone while driving.
– With the QMI agency
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