Thief swipes car with baby in it
A car was stolen Monday morning in Pierrefonds with a baby in the back seat. The thief dropped the baby on the sidewalk nearby, drove away, then ran from the vehicle in Park Ex. The baby was unharmed.
CTV is extra cautious, headlining the story as Alleged Montreal car thief… – well, the car didn’t steal itself. A person can be alleged to be a thief, but when the story is told without any name, there’s clearly a thief in the story and no individual is being directly accused. But the journalists may be working from an abundance of caution on advice of lawyers.
TVA later specified that when the baby was removed from the car, it was in its car seat. The perpetrator is still at large.
Nicholas 16:16 on 2024-06-25 Permalink
Maybe they’re not sure if it’s really a car or a papier mâché project that looks like a car, so an alleged Montreal car…thief. Journalists can never be too careful when discussing anything with cars, wouldn’t want to imply anyone did anything wrong.
Whenever journalists write badly about cars I’m reminded of this excellent McSweeney’s piece that could be about cars but is actually something worse.
Blork 17:31 on 2024-06-25 Permalink
I wouldn’t necessarily presume the baby was left behind IN ITS SEAT. Have you ever tried to unclip one of those? Some are easy. Some require a degree in mechanical engineering. Hopefully this was an easy one.
(OK, they’re theoretically all “easy” if you’ve done it before. But rando car thief might not have.)
EmilyG 19:09 on 2024-06-25 Permalink
I think that my dad’s friend, who found the baby, said the baby was in a baby seat.
Kate 20:55 on 2024-06-25 Permalink
EmilyG, that’s news coming close to home, for you!
Glad to hear that even a car thief had enough conscience not to simply chuck the baby onto a sidewalk with nothing protecting it.