Five years later, a former nurse is saddened that she can no longer live with dignity after being hit by a patrol car while shoveling in front of her house, and still wonders why the police chased her into the heart of a residential area.
“Ever since the accident, I’ve been so disorganized that I can’t do anything anymore. In everything,” 47-year-old Nancy Carrier says in an interview Newspaper.
“I start something and rarely finish it. So, everything piles up every day,” continues the woman who almost lost her life on November 17, 2018.
That day, the mother was clearing snow from the parking lot of her apartment on Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal.
Suddenly, the professional nurse was hit by a Service de Police de la Ville de Montreal (SPVM) patrol car.
The car then chased the fugitive Sebastien Theodore, who had a suspended driver’s license and was ineligible to pay fines.
Multiple fractures
Intercepted near the Jacques-Cartier bridge, the “sovereign citizen” began a pursuit of approximately 3 km before being cornered near a school and a daycare.
Sebastien Theodore in a Montreal courtroom in September 2019.
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A projected distance of 29 meters on impact, mme Carrier suffered multiple broken legs.
Since then, the victim has recounted the detrimental effects of the accident on her life.
“If the accident hadn’t happened, we would still be together,” the mother of two boys underscores, referring to her ex-partner, Simon Duclos, who has continued to support her through this ordeal.
When met by “Le Journal” on November 19, 2018, Simon Duclos, the ex-wife of the victim, already questioned the relevance of the case.
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Daily sleep
The woman who had to end her career says she had to negotiate with the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) to get fair compensation.
“I won’t be a nurse anymore. I have a head, but I forget things. They think I can work full time. But I need to sleep two to three hours a day. What employer would accept this? Wonders Mme Carrier fears that one day he will be able to work part-time.
“I couldn’t even clean myself,” she explains.
Procedures for review
Also, the Montrealer still stands against the patrol officers who chased the criminal. He also believes that litigation procedures should be reviewed.
“If the police hadn’t followed him, they wouldn’t have driven like that and hit somebody. It took my life. Is it worth it?” asks a shocked Nancy Carrier, now afraid of sirens and speeding cars.
“I have not accepted my condition yet. I will suffer the consequences for the rest of my life,” she concludes, five years after the events.
At the time, his ex-wife and his brother also questioned the police’s work.
At the end of a trial in 2019, the 45-year-old fugitive received a 16-month prison sentence for dangerous driving. The Independent Investigations Office, which analyzed the file, did not blame the police.
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