The son of the minister Barrette is a follower of speed

Frederique Giguere

Friday, 13 October, 2017 06:20

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Friday, 13 October 2017 22:15

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The son of the minister of Health, who is suspected of having committed a hit-and-run that left a cyclist seriously injured, on Friday, clearly has the lead foot, if you look at the offences received in recent years.

Geoffroy Module, 23 years old, has been intercepted four times since 2012 for speeding on Québec roads.

In February 2016, a patrol boat of the Sûreté du Québec has arrested aboard a Mercedes on the Bonaventure autoroute, in Montreal. According to the statement of offence, it was travelling at 105 km/h in a zone of 70 km/h. The young man had responded to the officer that he was in a hurry since he had a flight to catch two hours later, at the airport in Plattsburgh.

Photo taken from Facebook

Gaétan Barrette and his son Geoffroy

In may 2015, and January 2014, he was arrested for driving nearly twice the legal limit in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford and in Montreal.

Finally, he was intercepted by police, in December 2012, when he was surpassed by more than 30 km/h over the speed limit of 70 km/h fixed on a drive from La Malbaie.

Screenshot, Facebook

Photo of an accident of Geoffroy Module in 2014 and Magog, and he has immortalized its page on Facebook.

All of these violations of the Code of road safety have earned him the loss of a good dozen of demerit points and about $ 1000 in fines.

In addition, in July 2014, he had demolished his car on a small country road in Magog, quebec, following a collision with a tree. He had then posted a photo of his vehicle on Facebook, with a comment suggesting that the accident had occurred because he was ” in a hurry “.

Geoffroy Barrette, who is said to be a real estate broker on his page Facebook, was arrested around 5 a.m. Friday morning.

A few hours earlier, he would have hit a cyclist at the corner of Rachel est and St-Dominique, as he drove the SUV to his father, Gaétan Barrette. He would run away after the impact.

Proof

Sophie Alaurent, a nurse who was found on the spot, by accident, after the accident, said that the young lady seemed quite groggy. The young woman was, however, noticed that he was not wearing a helmet and was dressed completely in black.

He was taken to the hospital and we aren’t afraid for his life.

Witnesses provided a vehicle description and license plate to the police, allowing them to arrest a suspect quickly.

Geoffroy Barrette was questioned for about five hours, before being released around 11: 30.

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Geoffroy Module at the output of the operational Centre North on Friday morning.

“Following their meeting, the investigators were able to determine that he was indeed at the wheel of the vehicle during the collision with the cyclist,” said agent Daniel Lacoursière of the Montreal police.

The minister’s son was released with a promise to appear and will appear in court on 14 November. Charges of hit-and-run causing injury and reckless driving causing injury could be filed against him.

“I am shocked and my first thoughts were immediately to the victim and his loved ones, did the minister Bar early Friday morning. My son, I will like any parent, must now answer for its actions “.

— With the collaboration of Maxime Deland, QMI Agency