Police blotter items du jour
A young man lying in the street in St‑Henri was, not surprisingly, seriously injured when a motorist drove over him. “The 53-year-old driver was not injured.”
CBC radio news at 3:30 said the young man has died, but there’s no explanation why he was lying in the street.
A man in his seventies died in a house fire in DDO Monday evening.
A trailer was set on fire in St‑Léonard overnight. It’s not specified, but given the location this would be a truck trailer, not someone’s camping trailer. CTV notes that several vehicles have been torched around town recently.
bumper carz 12:37 on 2022-11-01 Permalink
When commercial news sources inform viewers that “the driver was not injured,,” are they promoting the idea that you should always be behind the wheel of a car where you will be safe?
Spi 14:30 on 2022-11-01 Permalink
It’s just the staff writer ticking off the boxes when writing their blurb. Location and date, age and gender of victim and driver, suv or not? Speeding/alcohol? Driver treated for shock?
Publish. The media isn’t always pushing a narrative.
Kate 15:37 on 2022-11-01 Permalink
qatzelok, I think the assumption is their readers drive, so would be concerned about the effect the incident had on a fellow driver – were they hurt, were they in shock and so on.
Kate 15:37 on 2022-11-01 Permalink
Or as Spi says.
dwgs 09:10 on 2022-11-03 Permalink
Holy crap, what a tragic development, https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/caq-mna-mourning-loss-of-stepson-who-died-in-montreal-collision-1.6136818