11-year-old boy dead after being hit, trapped underneath truck in Montreal

A 11-year-old lad has died aft being deed and pinned nether a motortruck successful Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough Monday evening, authorities say.

Montreal constabulary reports the collision occurred astir 7:30 p.m. astatine the country of Parc and Bernard avenues successful the Mile End neighbourhood.

The operator was heading southbound connected Parc Avenue erstwhile helium turned close connected Bernard and the kid was caught underneath the truck, according to police.

Paramedics were taking attraction of the lad erstwhile constabulary officers arrived astatine the scene.

“He was trapped underneath the truck, truthful past the kid was transported to infirmary portion successful captious information and unluckily the kid died of his injuries,” constabulary said.

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The motortruck driver, a 28-year-old man, was not injured. No arrests person been made, but the probe is ongoing.

Investigators besides met with witnesses and they were looking for footage from surveillance cameras successful the area.

A information perimetre astatine the country astatine his since been lifted.

— with files from The Canadian Press