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Quebec child care bus crash marks first anniversary – Winnipeg Free Press

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LAVAL – Balloons will be released today to mark the one-year anniversary of a bus crash outside a Montreal-area kindergarten that killed two young children and injured six others.

The commemoration will be held in a park near the Garderie Éducative Ste-Rose in Laval, where the tragedy occurred on February 8, 2023, when a city bus veered off the street and roared down the entrance of the kindergarten in broad daylight. morning rest period.

Five-year-old Maeva David and four-year-old Jacob Gauthier died in the crash, and six other children were hospitalized.

A ceremony will be held today to mark the first anniversary of the day a bus crashed into the front of a Montreal-area kindergarten, killing two young children and injuring six others. On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, two children were killed when a city bus crashed into a building near a kindergarten in Laval, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
A ceremony will be held today to mark the first anniversary of the day a bus crashed into the front of a Montreal-area kindergarten, killing two young children and injuring six others. On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, two children were killed when a city bus crashed into a building near a kindergarten in Laval, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Pierre Neu Saint-Amand, a former city bus driver, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, as well as seven other charges, including attempted murder and aggravated assault.

A preliminary hearing is set for March, and New St. Amand's attorney said he plans to argue that the 52-year-old lacked the criminal intent necessary for first-degree murder.