Van rolls through storefront in NDG
As a longtime news blogger I have to say that while we’re having all this head‑clutching about gun crime, this is such a peaceful city that the only incident reported overnight is that a tow truck lost control of a minivan, the van rolled through a gas station window, and nobody got hurt. Some of the reports say the van driver lost control, but the vehicle has clearly slid off a tow truck ramp in the photos I’m looking at. I doubt it was under power when this happened.
Also, while some of these reports call the business a dépanneur, it’s not a real dep, it’s a Super Relais in a gas station.
steph 12:04 on 2021-02-16 Permalink
That’s not a before picture of it sliding off a tow truck… that’s the AFTER picture of it getting towed out of the store-front. (pardon my mansplaining).
Kate 12:05 on 2021-02-16 Permalink
Perhaps you’re right 🙂
Kevin 12:10 on 2021-02-16 Permalink
I had to google that location because never have I ever heard of Helen Rochester St.
Now that I know where it is, about 400 metres from my first apartment, never would I ever use that street name to describe that location.
Kate 12:15 on 2021-02-16 Permalink
The Gazette was being printed in a big plant right there, so the street was named for their longtime restaurant reviewer. How would you describe the location, Kevin?
dwgs 12:49 on 2021-02-16 Permalink
The intersection of St. Jacques W. and Blvd. Ste. Anne de Bellevue.
Kevin 13:39 on 2021-02-16 Permalink
I’m along dwgs’s lines — although I’d probably just say the Petro Canada next to McDo’s on St. Jacques, since most people don’t realize the road that leads to the 20 is named Ste. Anne de Bellevue.
Mark Côté 19:20 on 2021-02-16 Permalink
Wow yeah, I’ve driven to Renaissance on that street many times and I didn’t realize that was a “real” street; I figured the north part was a private driveway and the south part just part of the intersection, as dwgs said.