Woman hit by bus near terminus
A woman was hit by a bus Friday as it turned into the terminus at St-Antoine and Mansfield. All reports say she was in critical condition, and while La Presse notes that the terminus is mostly used by South Shore lines, nobody’s saying what specific service the bus belonged to, or how the driver is doing, which is customarily mentioned.
Uatu 11:56 on 2021-01-24 Permalink
Sadly I’m not surprised. That intersection is a mess during rush hour with construction vehicles, cars, pedestrians all trying not to run into each other. I’m also wondering if this is the type of traffic snafu in store for the REM stations where traffic from all over the shore and west Island is funnelled into a couple of train stations
steph 22:37 on 2021-01-24 Permalink
It’s an RTL bus coming from the south shore over the Champlain Bridge. The outside St-Antoine terminus handles the overflow from the indoor 1000 Gauchetiere terminus. They’ll both be shut down once the REM takes the monopoly of the public transport over the Champlain Bridge and force everyone to switch onto the REM.
During rush hour, many south shore buses go straight down town. Many office workers just get an RTL bus pass and walk to their down town office from the terminus. The REM is going to increase the cost and the transport time significantly.
Ss 07:30 on 2021-01-27 Permalink
Actually it was a Chateauguay bus with the Exo system so South Shore just wrong bus system, my fiancee was about to get onto that bus and as they got to the stop they saw what happened. I hope they update if she’s doing okay.
Robert Ramsay 12:13 on 2021-02-01 Permalink
Can SS reach out to me? Or, can you pass on a message ? I am trying to find out what happened on that fateful night. The police are saying no one saw anything which is very hard to believe at 5pm rush hour on a Friday night.
Lili 23:27 on 2021-02-13 Permalink
The woman who was hit by the bus is my daughter. She later passed away in the hospital due to her extensive injuries. As you can imagine I am in agony after this devastating accident took my precious daughter’s life. We do not have much information as to what exactly happened. What lead to the accident and the exact circumstances of the impact. If anyone has any information in this regards, please reach out to me as a desperate mother who is trying to get some closure into the matter.
She had just finished her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy and started a new job. A bilingual bright woman with a bright future. You can imagine the pain my husband and I are going through and the need for some clarity into the last moments before she lost conscious and was taken from us.
Lili 23:32 on 2021-02-13 Permalink
BTW, I forgot to add my email address if anyone would like to contact me privately: ltajro@yahoo.com.
Thanks,
Lili
Kate 23:32 on 2021-02-19 Permalink
Folks, I’ve emailed Lili with my condolences, but I doubt anyone reading this will be able to provide information.
Laleh 17:42 on 2021-03-28 Permalink
Still waiting to hear from any witness. Please send me an email if you or someone 6 know has witnessed the accident. Police is giving us zero information. It’s hard to rest while no one is giving us any answers.
ltajro@yahoo.com