Quebec bus driver in fatal daycare crash found not criminally responsible

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· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 10:02 AM EDT | Last Updated: 23 minutes ago

Pierre Ny St-Amand, the 53-year-old antheral who crashed a autobus into a daycare successful Laval, Que., has been recovered not criminally liable for his actions.

Both the Crown and the defence recommended Ny St-Amand beryllium recovered not criminally liable during the trial.

"In airy of the grounds that was presented jointly, that was neither contradicted nor contested, it is undeniable that the autobus driven by Pierre Ny St-Amand crashed into the daycare," Quebec Superior Court Justice Éric Downs said successful his decision.

"The tribunal is convinced beyond a tenable uncertainty that the accused was dealing with intelligence wellness issues, namely psychosis, astatine the clip of the event."

Ny St-Amand rammed the bus into the Laval daycare connected Feb. 8, 2023, sidesplitting a four-year-old lad and a five-year-old girl. After the crash, Ny St-Amand stood wrong the mangled autobus and undressed, speaking and yelling incoherently earlier being subdued by parents connected the scene.

He was charged with 2 counts of second-degree murder, arsenic good arsenic charges of battle with a limb and battle causing bodily harm successful narration to six different children who were injured.

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