Quebec judge refuses cop’s request to dismiss charge in death of 5-year-old boy
LONGUEUIL, Que. — A Quebec provincial police officer will have to stand trial in the death of a five-year-old boy.
Patrick Ouellet filed a motion asking that a charge of dangerous driving causing death be dropped but a judge refused his request Tuesday.
Nicholas Thorne-Belance died in hospital a few days after the crash in February 2014 involving his father’s car and an unmarked police cruiser that was speeding during a surveillance mission in Longueuil, south of Montreal.
Ouellet was driving at more than 120 km/h in a 50 km/h zone.