Quebec coroner’s report into ride-sharing death a warning to users
MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner is warning ride-sharing users they don’t have any guarantees about the state of the vehicle they’re getting into.
Dr. Jean Brochu said raising awareness was his main goal in a report into the October 2016 death of Katy Torres Davila of Gatineau, Que.
Torres Davila, 30, was a University of Ottawa doctoral student who died after the AmigoExpress car-sharing vehicle in which she was a passenger slammed into a minivan in the oncoming lane on Highway 40, west of Montreal.
She was travelling to Montreal for Thanksgiving and was using the intercity carpooling service, which links drivers and potential passengers seeking rides.