Pedestrian caught up with Neuville: the suspect in the hit-and-run arrested

Photo Agence QMI, Guy Martel
The Québec police sought Monday night in the area Vanier a fugitive in connection with a hit-and-run that occurred in Neuville earlier in the day.

Jean-François Racine

Wednesday, 11 October 2017 22:59

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Thursday, 12 October 2017 12:09

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The suspect sought in the wake of the serious accident that occurred at Neuville Monday, has finally been found.

Denis Arsenault, a man of 37 years old from Neuville, was missing since the collision on 9 October. He was arrested Wednesday by investigators of the major crimes of the Sûreté du Québec.

The SQ refused to give more details about the circumstances of his arrest.

He is detained and will appear in the end of the afternoon Thursday at the palace of justice of Quebec to face charges of dangerous driving causing injury, assault and serious offence to leak, causing damage. The individual would not have a history.

The victim, a man in the late thirties, was seriously injured after being hit by a car, in the sector of Neuville. The motive for the incident seems to be a love affair that has gone wrong. The suspect would have been taken at least once to overthrow his target. The gesture could possibly be intentional.

The suspect fled after his gesture. Her car was first found abandoned in the sector of Vanier, on the rue Plant. The run of the fugitive lasted about 36 hours.

Love Triangle

The story would probably be related to a love triangle. The woman in the middle of the case has a child with the man that was caught up. The victim, who suffered injuries to the head, would be out of danger.

“They were always trying to start a fight. It seems that it has gone wrong. It has always been quiet in Neuville. Since they are there, it moves around a lot, ” said the neighbor to the top.

The contingent of police cars has aroused the curiosity of the neighbourhood is usually quiet and where the residences benefit from a good distance between them.

Investigators and reconstitutionnistes have spent a good part of the day on site to clarify the circumstances of the incident.

– With Kathleen Frenette, Catherine Bouchard and VAT New