Six and a half years in prison for having caused a fatal accident while he was drunk

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 16:06

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DRUMMONDVILLE – A man who had pleaded guilty to charges of driving under the influence causing death and injuries has been sentenced to six and a half years of detention, on Tuesday, at the courthouse in Drummondville.

On the 19th of August last, at the end of the evening, Mathieu Champagne Houle, multirécidiviste of drinking and driving, stopped his vehicle on the rang Saint-Joseph, Sainte-Perpétue, in order to then perform a maneuver dangerous backing into her driveway.

Yves Lemire and his wife Anny Camirand circulated then on the bike. They were unable to avoid the car of the accused 32-year-old. Under the force of the impact, they were ejected from their motorcycle.

The man, 51-year-old succumbed to his injuries. For her part, his wife is recovering painfully from a long coma caused by a severe head injury. Anny Camirand had also had fractured ribs and a femur broken.

Mathieu Champagne Houle had a bac almost twice the limit .08. He already had two convictions for driving under the influence at the time of the accident.

The judge Marie-Josée Ménard has endorsed the suggestion that the common lawyers, which proposed a period of detention of six and a half years, followed by a prohibition from driving for eight years from the time when it will be released.