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Evidence closed at Quebec truck attack trial, jury to hear final arguments next week
Steeve Gagnon is escorted by police out of court in Amqui, Que., Tuesday, March 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot RIMOUSKI — The defence has finished presenting evidence in the murder trial of a Quebec man accused of using his truck to kill three pedestrians and injure nine others. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon has pleaded not guilty to five charges including three counts of first-degree murder. Gagnon is accused of accelerating his truck onto the sidewalk in Amqui, Que., about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, on March 13, 2023, killing three men and injuring nine other people. The defence's final witness was a psychiatrist who met with Gagnon last September. Dr. Samuel Gauthier testified that Gagnon had suffered from persecutory delusions for several years, but that the accused denied he had any intent to strike people on the day of the crash. Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Dionne told the jury that final arguments will be heard next Wednesday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 13, 2025.
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16-05-2025
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First-degree murder trial in Quebec truck attack set to hear first witnesses
Steeve Gagnon is escorted by police into court in Amqui, Que., Tuesday, March 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot RIMOUSKI — A jury trial for a man charged with killing three people with a truck in eastern Quebec is expected to hear from its first witnesses today. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon faces five charges, including three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. Gagnon turned himself in to police after a truck struck pedestrians on a main street of Amqui, Que., in March 2023, killing three men and injuring nine other people. The town is about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Fourteen jurors were selected on the first day of his trial on Thursday, but one will need to be replaced this morning before the trial hears from the first witnesses. The trial is presided over by Quebec Superior Justice Louis Dionne and is being heard in Rimouski, Que., also northeast of the provincial capital. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2025.
CTV News
16-05-2025
- CTV News
First-degree murder trial in Quebec truck attack set to hear first witnesses
Steeve Gagnon is escorted by police into court in Amqui, Que., Tuesday, March 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot RIMOUSKI — A jury trial for a man charged with killing three people with a truck in eastern Quebec is expected to hear from its first witnesses today. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon faces five charges, including three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. Gagnon turned himself in to police after a truck struck pedestrians on a main street of Amqui, Que., in March 2023, killing three men and injuring nine other people. The town is about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Fourteen jurors were selected on the first day of his trial on Thursday, but one will need to be replaced this morning before the trial hears from the first witnesses. The trial is presided over by Quebec Superior Justice Louis Dionne and is being heard in Rimouski, Que., also northeast of the provincial capital. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2025.
