Montreal police finally managed to recover the body of the motorist, who suddenly lost his life when he crashed head-on into a tree in Montreal North early Monday morning.
The accident happened around 4:30 a.m. on Léger Boulevard near Fortin Avenue, the Montreal City Police Service (SPVM) said.
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The victim, who was alone on board, reportedly lost control of his vehicle as it was traveling east on Léger Boulevard.
She would then have crashed into a tree at the conclusion of her race, where her vehicle caught fire.
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If speed probably played a role in the accident, it cannot be ruled out that a mechanical problem or malaise was also involved, according to the SPVM.
- Listen to Maxime Deland, journalist at the QMI agency, on the microphone of Benoit Dutrizac QUB radio :
When the diary was handed over just before noon, first responders made every effort to remove the victim’s damaged remains, whose identity has still not been confirmed.
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“[Ma femme] told me she heard a noise, she looked in the window and saw the car burst into flames,” said Blanco Panesty, who lives near the crime scene. It’s a bit unsettling.”
“It’s really sad,” added Mélanie Leclerc, a neighbor.
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hard to watch
Due to the violence of the event, police officers asked some bystanders to keep their distance from the police activity.
“You don’t want to see that,” launched a policewoman simply.
At one point, an agent even had to raise his voice in the face of a citizen repeating comings and goings, Le Journal noted.
“It’s a human being in there,” the police officer said bluntly. You should be ashamed to act like that.”
Boulevard Léger has been closed between Avenue Fortin and Boulevard Rolland and an investigation is underway to determine the causes and circumstances of the accident.
-With QMI agency