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03-15-2010, 12:48 PM
Man dies at Montreal's St. Patrick's Day parade
CBC News
March 14, 2010 10:12 PM
A young man has died in Montreal at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade.
The Concordia University student, 20, from Laval, Que., jumped off a flatbed truck and slipped under the wheels at about 2:15 p.m. ET near Rue Sainte-Catherine and Rue Metcalfe, police said.
Earlier reports put the age of the victim, whose name hasn't been disclosed, at 19.
Thousands of spectators were dispersed by police right after the accident.
Emergency workers pronounced the victim dead at the scene, and police continued to investigate the incident, which happened two hours into the event.
Investigators said the victim was one of two young men who had jumped on the shamrock-decorated float that belonged to a local college a few blocks from where the accident occurred. They then decided to hop off the truck and that's when the victim fell under its wheels.
Montreal police spokeswoman Anie Lemieux said the second young man was treated for shock and will be questioned by investigators. She also said witnesses had seen the young man drinking.
Public boozing is a tradition during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal. Spectators along the parade route can be spotted openly sipping beer and whisky during the cold March celebration.
In 2002, another Concordia student slipped under the wheel of a parade float and crushed his legs.
With files from The Canadian Press
CBC News
March 14, 2010 10:12 PM
A young man has died in Montreal at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade.
The Concordia University student, 20, from Laval, Que., jumped off a flatbed truck and slipped under the wheels at about 2:15 p.m. ET near Rue Sainte-Catherine and Rue Metcalfe, police said.
Earlier reports put the age of the victim, whose name hasn't been disclosed, at 19.
Thousands of spectators were dispersed by police right after the accident.
Emergency workers pronounced the victim dead at the scene, and police continued to investigate the incident, which happened two hours into the event.
Investigators said the victim was one of two young men who had jumped on the shamrock-decorated float that belonged to a local college a few blocks from where the accident occurred. They then decided to hop off the truck and that's when the victim fell under its wheels.
Montreal police spokeswoman Anie Lemieux said the second young man was treated for shock and will be questioned by investigators. She also said witnesses had seen the young man drinking.
Public boozing is a tradition during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal. Spectators along the parade route can be spotted openly sipping beer and whisky during the cold March celebration.
In 2002, another Concordia student slipped under the wheel of a parade float and crushed his legs.
With files from The Canadian Press