Skip to comments.
Man drove an hour with body in windshield
CBC News ^
| 08/19/03
| Staff Writer
Posted on 08/19/2003 1:16:15 PM PDT by bedolido
MONTREAL - Quebec police say a drunk driver hit a group of three men and continued driving for an hour with the body of an 18-year-old man stuck in the windshield of his car.
Nicholas Fortin and two friends were struck by a car as they were leaving a bar in Ste-Adele, north of Montreal, early Saturday morning.
People outside the bar rushed to help the two injured men at the side of the road, unaware that a third person had been carried away by the fleeing car.
Police arrested a driver 50 minutes later, with the victim still lodged against the windshield.
Fortin was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The 59-year-old driver, Gilles Francouer, was taken to a police station and failed alcohol tests. In court on Monday, Francouer was formally charged with eight offences related to drunk driving and causing death and injury.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Francouer will remain in jail pending his next court appearance, scheduled for Aug. 28.
Written by CBC News Online staff
TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: body; drove; hour; man; windshield
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-37 next last
1
posted on
08/19/2003 1:16:16 PM PDT
by
bedolido
To: bedolido
This guy and Chante Mallard ought to hook up on e-harmony.com.
2
posted on
08/19/2003 1:17:24 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Official New Mexican Disruptor of the Lone Star Chat Thread)
To: bedolido
Jeez, is this something viral?
It sure seems to be going around.
So9
3
posted on
08/19/2003 1:18:41 PM PDT
by
Servant of the Nine
(Real Texicans; we're grizzled, we're grumpy and we're armed)
To: bedolido; mhking
Paging the King...
4
posted on
08/19/2003 1:21:02 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(squarepegroundholesquarepegroundholesquarepegroundholesquarepegroundholesquarepegroundholesquarepegr)
To: bedolido
He pleaded not guilty to the charges. How could he plead not guilty? The cops caught with the poor dude in his windshield!
5
posted on
08/19/2003 1:21:10 PM PDT
by
Pest
To: Pest
Nice to see that we here in Fort Worth have really started a trend!!!
6
posted on
08/19/2003 1:22:32 PM PDT
by
Froggie
To: bedolido
'He pleaded not guilty to the charges'
Not guilty? NOT GUILTY??? that car didn't drive itself you pinhead.
7
posted on
08/19/2003 1:22:36 PM PDT
by
hunyb
To: Froggie
Is this a new fad, like streaking?
8
posted on
08/19/2003 1:29:15 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
To: bedolido
It's OK. It's Canada. Nothing to see here. Move along.
To: hunyb
Don't question the superior and enlightened system of justice in French Canada- obviously the only one not drunk in this situation was the car, hence the driver must be innocent.
On that note, after that twisting of logic, I need a drink!
10
posted on
08/19/2003 1:33:17 PM PDT
by
Vesuvian
To: Tijeras_Slim
At least Mallard, high on drugs at the time, had enough sense to drive quickly into her garage. This twit drove drunkenly on the public highways for nearly an hour with a body in his windshield for all the see ... and for nearly an hour nobody stopped him!!
11
posted on
08/19/2003 1:46:55 PM PDT
by
DonQ
To: bedolido
Quebec police say a drunk driver hit a group of three men and continued driving for an hour with the body of an 18-year-old man stuck in the windshield of his car. OK, I hope this was in a really rural area, or Canadians have taken "tolerance" to it's logical, but absurd, limit.
To: bedolido
wasn't this an episode of CSI?
13
posted on
08/19/2003 1:53:30 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: mhking
just damn!
14
posted on
08/19/2003 1:53:52 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
To: MeeknMing
This guy and Chante Mallard ought to hook up on e-harmony.com.
15
posted on
08/19/2003 2:04:31 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: bedolido
Francouer was no doubt trying to make it to Fort Worth...
16
posted on
08/19/2003 2:18:03 PM PDT
by
Redbob
To: DonQ
a body in his windshield for all the see ... and for nearly an hour nobody stopped him!! Maybe they thought he was filming "Jackass II".
17
posted on
08/19/2003 2:18:40 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Official New Mexican Disruptor of the Lone Star Chat Thread)
To: bedolido
Canada is on the metric system, right?
Is that why they have 50 minute hours?
Or is it a time slip, where he can drive for an hour but be arrested only 50 minutes later.
18
posted on
08/19/2003 2:54:03 PM PDT
by
CPOSharky
(If a politician doesn't want me to have guns, I don't want him to be in office.)
To: hunyb
That's Canada; being drunk is probably a mitigating factor!
19
posted on
08/19/2003 3:02:46 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!)
To: DonQ
Have you ever seen the size of those Canadian Mosquitos?
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-37 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
