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Man drove an hour with body in windshield
CBC News ^
| 19 Aug 2003
| CBC Staff
Posted on 08/20/2003 10:45:22 AM PDT by Schnucki
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.
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posted on
08/20/2003 10:45:22 AM PDT
by
Schnucki
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: Schnucki
Is it possible that Gilles took driving lessons from "Chante Mallard," the Texas Tigress?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:10:13 AM PDT
by
UnklGene
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: Schnucki
Don't ya' hate it when that happens?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:15:56 AM PDT
by
Spok
To: Schnucki
Didn't we just go through this?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:16:02 AM PDT
by
Scenic Sounds
(Conservatism never really loses; it simply changes.)
To: Schnucki
The 59-year-old driver, Gilles Francouer, was taken to a police station where he said, "That was a person? No wonder. I darn near ran out of windshield solvent trying to wash it off."
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:21:30 AM PDT
by
Barnacle
(A Human Shield against the onslaught of Leftist tripe.)
To: Schnucki
He pleaded not guilty to the charges.Um, looks like a fairly solid case to me.
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:40:42 AM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: Schnucki
Lot of this going on lately. Are they making windshields thinner or something? The NHTSA should investigate...
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:50:12 AM PDT
by
ZviTheWise
("Everybody in this house needs to calm down and eat some fruit or something." -- Mel Gibson, "Signs")
To: Schnucki
Yep, we did this story.
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:51:57 AM PDT
by
Consort
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