LAVAL, Que. — A funeral will be held Thursday for one of the two children killed when a bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday in Laval, Que., just north of…
Jacob Gauthier, 4, was identified in an obituary posted online and officials at Ste-Rose-de-Lima church confirmed his funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. next week.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
Michel Bouchard, the parish priest, told various media Friday that he’d baptized the boy about three years ago and will now be presiding over his funeral. The funeral home notice says Jacob was four and a half and is survived by his mother, father, sister as well as grandparents and other extended family.
The bus crash has left a community shaken and grief-stricken. Some gathered to attend a special mass Friday at the church in honour of the victims, the injured, their families and the daycare staff.Article content“This drama has tested us deeply, which makes us ask questions about life and the meaning of life,” Bouchard told those gathered. “And yet, life is the most important thing.”
Montreal’s Sainte-Justine children’s hospital said Thursday that two of the injured children had been released from its care, and on Friday it had no update on the other two children still hospitalized there. Officials with the Laval regional health authority did not return a message seeking an update on the two children hospitalized at the Cite-de-la-Sante hospital.
Pierre Ny St-Amand, a 51-year-old driver with the Laval transit corporation, was arrested at the scene and later charged with two counts of first-degree murder as well as seven other charges, including attempted murder and aggravated assault. His case returns to court next Friday.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2023.
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