The construction holidays started tragic for three young men, who died after hitting a tree.
“Think!” Life is important. It doesn’t make a good sense to destroy so many lives, ”says Suzanne Gagnon at Journal here.
The woman is the host mother of Cynthia, an 18-year-old young woman who survived a spectacular car accident on Saturday to Sunday in Saint-Paul-de-l’Ile-Noix, in the Richelieu valley.
Seat belt
According to the Sûreté du Québec, three adulthood men lost their lives when their car struck a tree on the edge of the main street, near the 16the Avenue.
“He who was driving was crazy, he was not responsible,” reports Mme Gagnon, who went to the young woman’s bedside in the hospital.
Flowers are where a car struck a tree before taking in flames on the main street in Saint-Paul-de-l’île-aux-Noix. Traces of soot were always visible around the tree Sunday afternoon.
Photo Zoé Arcand
According to Mme Gagnon, it would be the seat belt that Cynthia wore that would have saved his life.
The Sûreté du Québec did not disclose the age of the deceased or advanced a hypothesis on the cause of the accident. According to our information, they would be in the young twenty.
The traces of the car tires were still visible on Sunday afternoon, on the edge of the main street in Saint-Paul-de-l’île-aux-Noix.
Photo Zoé Arcand
Sunday afternoon, the survivor was still in the hospital, where her condition was stable. But she “makes the jump” frequently, remembering the moment of impact, and is plagued by guilt, is sorry mme Gagnon.
Good Samaritans
Following the collision, good Samaritans stopped to help Cynthia, including Ann Thibaudeau and her spouse, who returned from a supper with friends. Around 11 p.m., she saw a car in flames which probably had just struck a tree.
Ann Thibaudeau came to the aid of the survivor of a spectacular collision in Saint-Paul-de-l’Ile-Noix, on the night of July 19 to 20, 2025.
Photo provided by Ann Thibaudeau
“The young woman had just left the car window. She was sitting in Indian on the ground, in shock, ”she says.
An accident that occurred in Saint-Paul-de-l’île-aux-Noix, on Route 223, near the 16th avenue, left three dead shortly after 10 p.m. on Saturday July 19, 2025.
Photo Agence QMI, PASCAL GIRARD
“The fire was gaining momentum so I brought the girl from the other side of the street so that she was safe. I flattered her hair, ”recalls the lady, always capsized by events.
Another man who heard the noise of the impact “but no braking noises” had arrived on site shortly before Mme Thibaudeau, she said.
“Upon his arrival, the two guys sitting at the front were unconscious and the third, in the back, looked at him asking him for help. He could not do anything because of the flames, “reported the 63 -year -old woman, the voice made by emotion.
The results of the first weekend of the construction vacation did not stop there. A motorcyclist in the sixties also lost his life following a swerve late Friday evening in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, in Montérégie. According to the information available, the driver has lost control of his vehicle in a curve.
