A person intentionally drove his car into two pedestrians earlier than fleeing early Saturday morning within the city of Saint-Honoré, within the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean area.
Police are treating the incident as an armed assault, and an investigation is underway.
The incident occurred round 4 a.m. on l’Aéroport Road. Witnesses interviewed by police stated they noticed the car strike a primary man, then flip round to focus on a second man, whom it “narrowly missed,” defined Sergeant Audrey-Anne Bilodeau.
The pedestrians, two younger males aged 18 and 28, sustained accidents that aren’t life-threatening.
The motive force was rapidly situated by police due to data offered by the victims; he was arrested for hit-and-run leading to damage and armed assault, with the car serving because the weapon.
“The investigation has been assigned to the Main Crimes Unit. Against the law scene reconstruction specialist has been dispatched to the scene,” added Bilodeau.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
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