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In the parking lot of his apartment in Trois-Rivières on Friday, after confusing the brake pedal and accelerator pedal, a good Samaritan found himself under his neighbor’s vehicle.
At 2:15 p.m., Friday, 911 received a call about a man trapped under a vehicle in the Rue Fran பிரான்ois-Nobert in the Rivers sector.
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Firefighters, police and paramedics rushed to the scene and quickly lifted the vehicle to free the 76-year-old victim. He was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a neighbor, she was also taken to hospital to be treated for a violent nerve trauma.
“According to the first information gathered, the driver would have enlisted the help of his next-of-kin to assist her in the reverse maneuver to access a shed where he would have to store the tires,” the Trois-Rivers Police Department said in a statement. Release.
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However, after the driver’s accidental maneuver, his next-door neighbor found him under the wheels of the vehicle and dragged him a few meters. Police said the driver may have confused the brake pedal and accelerator and crushed the good Samaritan.
An investigation was opened to understand the exact circumstances of the tragic event and crash scene technicians were also dispatched to the scene of the tragedy.
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