Two hurt after road racing incident
Early Sunday, two guys road racing in Cartierville burned through a red light and caused a crash that sent two men to hospital and damaged a lot of parked cars. One man, possibly a passerby, is in critical condition. Neither racer has been found or arrested.
Update: TVA later mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that the pedestrian who was hit has died – see last sentence here.
JP 12:06 on 2020-11-08 Permalink
I live very close by…a 10-15 minute walk away. The amount of speeding, car-engine revving, extremely dangerous driving behaviour I have been observing since this past spring in my neighborhood is unbelievable. This was bound to happen…I hope the taxi driver and injured pedestrian recover. Don’t care about the other two…they didn’t even bother to stick around at the scene of the crime.
MtlWeb 21:26 on 2020-11-08 Permalink
32 year old pedestrian was unconscious when Urgence arrived on scene – likely had a traumatic brain injury. People drive like maniacs – makes me think all the road construction makes them feel that the rules are not enforced.
Bill Binns 10:40 on 2020-11-09 Permalink
I have been walking this city for 18 years and have seen extremely little evidence that there is any traffic enforcement of any kind on the island (or at least downtown). I walk Sherbrooke from Berri to Papineau and back every morning during rush hour. This stretch of road resembles something from the Mad Max movies at that time. Traffic gridlocked across intersections and crosswalks, cars driving on sidewalks, cars driving on the wrong side of the road and every godamned day between December and April, both sidewalks hosting a steady stream of bicycles. I have never once seen the cops do anything about any of this. Not for lack of trying either. I have called 911 about the bikes on the sidewalk so many times that I was worried about getting in trouble myself.
In the same amount of time and in the same area I have been stopped by cops at least 10 times to check my dogs licenses. The city has it’s priorities.
CE 12:04 on 2020-11-09 Permalink
911 does not exist for complaining about bikes on sidewalks. That is definitely not an emergency. I too am surprised (and disappointed) you haven’t gotten in trouble.
Kevin 11:01 on 2020-11-10 Permalink
CE
Why would anyone get in trouble for calling 9-1-1 to report people violating the Highway Safety Code?
Bikes aren’t allowed on sidewalks. Like all bicycle violations, it’s a $100 fine.
CE 12:26 on 2020-11-10 Permalink
I’m pretty sure you’re being facetious but I’ll bite. A bike on the sidewalk is definitely annoying and potentially dangerous but likely not dangerous enough that it would be considered an emergency (which is what 911 is for exclusively). A car driving on a sidewalk would be an emergency because it would be potentially much more dangerous and would warrant a 911 call, as would a cyclist on a sidewalk purposely trying to hit people and hurt them. Would you call 911 if you saw a car do an illegal u turn on an empty street or coasting through a stop sign? What about a jay walker? They are all violating the Highway Safety Code as well.
Abusing 911 (as Bill admits to doing) potentially clogs up the line, which could make it more difficult for others to report actual emergencies. If you see annoying and potentially dangerous activities such as riding a bike on a sidewalk or doing an illegal u turn and are so inclined to make a report, you should call the police using a non emergency number. The result will be the same either way; the police will do nothing.