No charges in 2023 pedestrian death
A young woman was killed last summer in St‑Michel when a truck driver, ignoring a stop sign on a street where trucks aren’t permitted, knocked her down. The driver isn’t being charged, although the reasoning is not being given out.
Robert H 01:16 on 2024-04-09 Permalink
“…la victime se trouvait dans l’angle mort du camion et que celle-ci ne « regardait pas du côté d’où venait le camion avant de traverser ». En effet, au moment de l’impact, la jeune femme faisait dos au camion et était engagée d’un mètre sur le passage piéton.”
So it’s Dilan Kaya’s fault that she didn’t make a left-backward glance before crossing the street? That she was careless enough to not anticipate her path would intersect with the blind spot of a driver at the wheel of a vehicle that was prohibited by law from being in that area?
Is no one responsible? Is there no penalty to the truck driver for simply operating a prohibited vehicle on that street in that district? Is the DPCP’s decision final with no follow-up? And why is the reasoning kept private? Will there be no initiative, as has already happened in the U.S., to require the installation on large trucks of lateral protective devices, cameras, and sonic warnings?
I don’t understand this, and the missing information is infuriating. Someone here said it before, but I think it bears repeating that if you want to kill someone with impunity, the best way to do it is with a motor vehicle. I’m succumbing to cheap cynicism, but events like this make it seem like there’s no justice, and I already feel vulnerable enough on foot or on two wheels.
I’m afraid Dilan Kaya’s young life has become the latest sacrifice to universal indifference.
Tim S. 08:10 on 2024-04-09 Permalink
Agreed, Robert H.
Ian 18:02 on 2024-04-09 Permalink
Is it just me or does it seem like most of these kinds of accidents are big trucks and/or “working” vehicles?
There seems to be some actual impunity where they are involved, I suspect in part because the cops are loathe to impose moving or parking violations on them.