Driver pleads guilty in fatal crash
Vi Trung Ngo, whose collision with another vehicle provoked a ricochet that killed a pedestrian and injured two others, pleaded guilty Wednesday to intoxicated driving causing death.
Ngo has a long history of bad driving, and was at the wheel of someone else’s car at the time. The La Presse account says he has had no driving permit since the fatal crash in May 2023.
At left is a photo of the memorial to Fabienne Houde‑Bastien placed at the corner of St‑Laurent and Jean‑Talon.
Nicholas 18:28 on 2025-01-22 Permalink
What an awful history. He had over 40 tickets, including multiple for running red lights and driving without a licence. He was going 80 on Jean Talon with a BAC 3x over the legal limit 2 hours after the incident (that’s probably 10+ drinks) and ran a light that was red for 37 seconds. Yet he called this today, in retrospect, an accident, a torturing of the English language. And the car he used was not his, but one he took from the auto garage he owns (which appears to still be open!) to drive around drunk. Who’s bringing their cars to this guy now, after the conviction? How is this business still open? Shouldn’t bringing your car to someone convicted of this make you liable, at least morally, for anything that happens? How is this guy still free? So many failures of the system.
Kevin 21:33 on 2025-01-22 Permalink
40 road violations.
It is time to end the policy of allowing people to regain their demerit points after a few years. Assign a fixed number, and if you blow it you lose your license for life.
Yes, it may mean that some people will no longer be able to work or will have to move. Too bad.
Nicholas 00:30 on 2025-01-23 Permalink
Problem is he didn’t have a licence. Unless you make people scan one every time they start a car, ala ignition interlock, how do you prevent people from driving without a licence?
Chris 09:26 on 2025-01-23 Permalink
>how do you prevent people from driving without a licence?
By jailing them after their first offence.
Joey 11:34 on 2025-01-23 Permalink
Imagine how many years you would do if you were busted for jumping the Metro turnstiles 40 times.
Kevin 17:36 on 2025-01-23 Permalink
Driving without a licence should be a prison sentence.
Although this is the one area where I think our society could have a debate about corporal punishment, perhaps after multiple offences, for people who are so stupid that they can’t be let loose on society.