2 killed in Montreal hit-and-run just after New Year's celebrations
CTV
Two people are dead after a hit-and-run in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough that occurred shortly after Montrealers rang in the new year.
Two people are dead after a hit-and-run in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough that occurred shortly after Montrealers rang in the new year.
Montreal police (SPVM) received two 911 calls about the incident at 1:20 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Henri-Bourassa Boulevard Ouest and de l'Acadie Boulevard.
"When the police arrived on the scene, they located two people on the ground," said Caroline Chèvrefils, a spokesperson with Montreal police. "Their deaths were pronounced on the scene."
The two victims are men, aged 30 and 31.
"The suspect car was speed[ing] on Henri-Bourassa Boulevard towards the west when it would have struck the two pedestrians," Chèvrefils said.
The 23-year-old suspect was located shortly after near the intersection of Henri-Bourassa Boulevard Ouest and Dutrisac Street, about a kilometre-and-a-half away.
Police say he was attempting to flee on foot.