The scene outside a daycare centre in Laval, Que., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, where a bus crashed into the building, killing two children. A Montreal psychiatric hospital has completed its evaluation of the mental state of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a daycare. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
LAVAL, Que. – A psychiatric hospital has completed an evaluation of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare.
Montreal’s Philippe-Pinel institute had been mandated to evaluate Pierre Ny St-Amand’s mental state at the time of his alleged crimes on Feb. 8.
Both the Crown and the defence told a Laval, Que., courtroom that they had only received the 22-page report earlier today, and they asked that case be put off until June 13 to allow them to evaluate its contents.
St-Amand appeared in court by video conference and listened without showing emotion as the judge ordered the evaluation sealed.
The 51-year-old driver with the Laval transit corporation was arrested after a bus crashed into the front of a daycare in the city’s Ste-Rose neighbourhood, killing two four-year-olds and injuring six other children.
He faces two counts of first-degree murder as well as seven other charges, including attempted murder and aggravated assault.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 26, 2023.
