Man dies changing tire on Highway 15 north of Montreal: Driver turns himself in, charged
Posted May 9, 2024 9:15 am.
Last Updated May 10, 2024 5:10 pm.
The driver of the F-150 pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run that killed a man Thursday as he went to change a tire on Highway 15 north – turned himself into police.
Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said Sean McLean, 43 years old, appeared at the Laval courthouse on Friday afternoon, charged with hit-and-run causing death.
McLean showed up at a police station in Lachute, in the Laurentians, on Friday morning to surrender.
According to the SQ, the incident happened around 5:15 a.m. on Thursday on the Gédéon-Ouimet bridge, which links Laval to Boisbriand.
SQ spokesperson Elizabeth Marquis-Guy said the victim got out of his vehicle that was stopped in the right-hand lane, due to a flat tire, to change it – before the collision occurred.
“As the driver got out of his vehicle to change the tire, a pickup truck was unable to avoid him and hit him, before leaving the scene,” said Marquis-Guy.
The victim, Mohamed Chouat, in his 30s, was pronounced dead on location. He had been on his way to work when it happened.
Two out of three traffic lanes were closed on the Gédéon-Ouimet bridge for hours to allow investigators to analyze the scene.
–With files from La Presse Canadienne
