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Toronto Sun
2 days ago
- Toronto Sun
Woman sitting at picnic table in Quebec dies after teen driver hits wrong pedal in parking lot
Published Jul 13, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read A Surete du Quebec patch is seen at a news conference in Quebec City, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Photo by Jacques Boissinot / THE CANADIAN PRESS STE-SOPHIE — A 73-year-old woman died Saturday after being struck by a vehicle while sitting at a picnic table outside a snack bar and ice-cream shop in Ste-Sophie, a Laurentian community about 70 kilometres northwest of Montreal. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Emergency services were called to the Ste-Sophie Blvd. establishment at about 1 p.m., Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Stéphane Tremblay said on Sunday. The victim was transported in critical condition to a hospital, where her death was declared later that afternoon. The driver of the vehicle, a 16-year-old male, was uninjured but taken to a hospital to be treated for nervous shock. He had a learner's permit and was accompanied in the vehicle by at least one parent, said Tremblay. Security camera footage of the incident showed the young driver approach a parking spot in front of the establishment slowly: He then appears to have stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake and hit the picnic table at Les Sentiers des Saveurs at which the victim, a St-Jérôme resident, was seated. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The initial police report said no criminal element was suspected and attributed the event to a wrong move made as a result of inexperience. The vehicle crashed through the establishment's glass window. A young girl who was with the victim was slightly injured, Tremblay said. The temperature hit 32 degrees Celsius in Ste-Sophie on Saturday and dozens of people were in line waiting for ice cream or other refreshments when the collision took place. There were a number of witnesses to the incident and Les Sentiers des Saveurs closed for the rest of the day. Several witnesses and patrons posted comments on the establishment's Facebook page on Saturday praising the actions of staff and those who came to the aid of the victim. A post on Sunday said: 'Following yesterday's events, if any of you who were present at the site or if a loved one was, do not hesitate to contact 811 a crisis management cell is there to take care of you. … Let's look out for each other.' An investigator specializing in accident reconstruction was at the scene Saturday to establish the causes and circumstances of the event and photos of the scene were taken, Tremblay said. As well, the coroner asked for an assessment of the vehicle. The coroner is automatically involved when a collision involves a fatality, he explained. NFL Editorial Cartoons Golf Uncategorized Golf
CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
SUV carrying undocumented migrants crashes near U.S. border: Quebec police
Quebec police are searching for a group of undocumented migrants after their vehicle crashed with another vehicle and rolled over near the Canada-U.S. border. Quebec provincial police say they are searching for a group of undocumented migrants after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed with another vehicle and then rolled over near the Canada-U.S. border. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said they received a 911 call at about 4:15 a.m. about the crash that happened near the intersection of Route 202 and Montée Jackson near Hemmingford, Que., just a few kilometres north of the New York state border. Hemmingford, Que. crash Police say around a dozen migrants were in a black SUV when in collided with an alleged impaired driver and rolled over near Hemmingford, Que., on Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Swidda Rassy/CTV News) There were between 10 and 12 undocumented migrants inside a seven-passenger SUV when it flipped after colliding with another SUV, SQ spokesperson Stéphane Tremblay told CTV News. The exact number is not known as police gather more evidence. Between six and eight of them them fled on foot and are being sought by the SQ, with help from RCMP officers and a dog handler, Tremblay said The driver of the second SUV, a 48-year-old American male citizen, was arrested for impaired driving and will be questioned. There was at least one passenger in his vehicle at the time of the crash. Four people were sent to hospital for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Hemmingford crash A Sûreté du Québec vehicle blocks a road in Hemmingford, Que. after a crash involving two SUVs on Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Swidda Rassy/CTV News) The SQ said the investigation has been handed over to the RCMP, which did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday. A woman who lives nearby told CTV News that she was at the scene after the crash happened and said everyone involved was conscious. Jocelyn Madore said the people sent to hospital were two women and two men. While Madore says she has seen many migrants in the area in the past, she has never witnessed an incident like this one. Part of Route 202 in Hemmingford was closed to traffic as collision investigators analyzed the scene, but it was expected to reopen early Sunday afternoon. With files from CTV News' Olivia O'Malley and Swidda Rassy, and The Canadian Press
Montreal Gazette
3 days ago
- Montreal Gazette
Woman sitting at picnic table in Ste-Sophie dies after teen driver hits wrong pedal in parking lot
By STE-SOPHIE — A 73-year-old woman died Saturday after being struck by a vehicle while sitting at a picnic table outside a snack bar and ice-cream shop in Ste-Sophie, a Laurentian community about 70 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Emergency services were called to the Ste-Sophie Blvd. establishment at about 1 p.m., Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Stéphane Tremblay said on Sunday. The victim was transported in critical condition to a hospital, where her death was declared later that afternoon. The driver of the vehicle, a 16-year-old male, was uninjured but taken to a hospital to be treated for nervous shock. He had a learner's permit and was accompanied in the vehicle by at least one parent, said Tremblay. Security camera footage of the incident showed the young driver approach a parking spot in front of the establishment slowly: He then appears to have stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake and hit the picnic table at Les Sentiers des Saveurs at which the victim, a St-Jérôme resident, was seated. The initial police report said no criminal element was suspected and attributed the event to a wrong move made as a result of inexperience. The vehicle crashed through the establishment's glass window. A young girl who was with the victim was slightly injured, Tremblay said. The temperature hit 32 degrees Celsius in Ste-Sophie on Saturday and dozens of people were in line waiting for ice cream or other refreshments when the collision took place. There were a number of witnesses to the incident and Les Sentiers des Saveurs closed for the rest of the day. Several witnesses and patrons posted comments on the establishment's Facebook page on Saturday praising the actions of staff and those who came to the aid of the victim. A post on Sunday said: 'Following yesterday's events, if any of you who were present at the site or if a loved one was, do not hesitate to contact 811 a crisis management cell is there to take care of you. ... Let's look out for each other.' An investigator specializing in accident reconstruction was at the scene Saturday to establish the causes and circumstances of the event and photos of the scene were taken, Tremblay said. As well, the coroner asked for an assessment of the vehicle. The coroner is automatically involved when a collision involves a fatality, he explained.
CBC
3 days ago
- CBC
Alleged impaired driver crashes with SUV carrying migrants in Quebec, say police
A joint investigation is underway in Hemmingford, Que., near the U.S. border, after a collision involving a driver who was arrested for impaired driving, and a second vehicle that police said was carrying "illegal immigrants," some of whom fled the scene on foot. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said emergency responders were called at around 4:15 a.m., for a collision on Route 202, near the intersection of Jackson Road, in Hemmingford, roughly 65 kilometres south of Montreal. SQ spokesperson Stéphane Tremblay said following impact, the vehicle carrying the migrants rolled over, injuring four people. They were taken to hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries, while the remaining passengers fled the scene. There have been conflicting reports as to the number of people in the SUV, with the SQ initially saying there were 10 migrants and later updating that number to 12. As of 10:30 a.m., police were still searching for eight people thought to have been travelling in the SUV. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) told Radio-Canada that the migrants entered Canada from the United States, but didn't say when. The SQ said the RCMP was called in to assist in the search using drones and a canine unit. Tremblay later clarified it was a joint investigation, with the SQ responsible for looking into the circumstances surrounding the crash, while the RCMP are handling aspects pertaining to the migrants. According to the SQ, the driver of the second vehicle, a 48-year-old American, was arrested for impaired driving. A passenger travelling in that vehicle was not injured.
CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
Police searching for group of undocumented migrants after 2-vehicle crash near Quebec-New York border
Quebec provincial police say they are searching for a group of undocumented migrants after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed with another vehicle and then rolled over near the Canada-U.S. border. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said they received a 911 call at about 4:15 a.m. about the crash that happened near the intersection of Route 202 and Montée Jackson near Hemmingford, Que., just a few kilometres north of the New York state border. There were 10 undocumented migrants inside a seven-passenger SUV when it flipped after colliding with another SUV, SQ spokesperson Stéphane Tremblay told CTV News. Six of them fled on foot and are being sought by the SQ, with help from RCMP officers and a dog handler. The driver of the second SUV, a 48-year-old American male citizen, was arrested for impaired driving and will be questioned. There was at least one passenger in his vehicle at the time of the crash. Four people were sent to hospital for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Route 202 in this area of Hemmingford was completely closed to traffic to facilitate the work of the police, and was not expected to reopen until later in the afternoon. With files from CTV News' Olivia O'Malley and The Canadian Press - More to come.
