Man drove an hour with body in windshield

CBC News ^ | 08/19/03 | Staff Writer

[bedolido]

MONTREAL - Quebec police say a drunk driver hit a group of three men and continued driving for an hour with the body of an 18-year-old man stuck in the windshield of his car.

Nicholas Fortin and two friends were struck by a car as they were leaving a bar in Ste-Adele, north of Montreal, early Saturday morning.

People outside the bar rushed to help the two injured men at the side of the road, unaware that a third person had been carried away by the fleeing car.

Police arrested a driver 50 minutes later, with the victim still lodged against the windshield.

Fortin was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The 59-year-old driver, Gilles Francouer, was taken to a police station and failed alcohol tests. In court on Monday, Francouer was formally charged with eight offences related to drunk driving and causing death and injury.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Francouer will remain in jail pending his next court appearance, scheduled for Aug. 28.

Written by CBC News Online staff

[bedolido]

[Tijeras_Slim]

This guy and Chante Mallard ought to hook up on e-harmony.com.

[Servant of the Nine]

Jeez, is this something viral?
It sure seems to be going around.

So9

[Mr. Silverback]

Paging the King...

[Pest]

He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

How could he plead not guilty? The cops caught with the poor dude in his windshield!

[Froggie]

Nice to see that we here in Fort Worth have really started a trend!!!

[hunyb]

'He pleaded not guilty to the charges'

Not guilty? NOT GUILTY??? that car didn't drive itself you pinhead.

[CaptainK]

Is this a new fad, like streaking?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

It's OK. It's Canada. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[Vesuvian]

Don't question the superior and enlightened system of justice in French Canada- obviously the only one not drunk in this situation was the car, hence the driver must be innocent.

On that note, after that twisting of logic, I need a drink!

[DonQ]

At least Mallard, high on drugs at the time, had enough sense to drive quickly into her garage. This twit drove drunkenly on the public highways for nearly an hour with a body in his windshield for all the see ... and for nearly an hour nobody stopped him!!

[Trailerpark Badass]

Quebec police say a drunk driver hit a group of three men and continued driving for an hour with the body of an 18-year-old man stuck in the windshield of his car.

OK, I hope this was in a really rural area, or Canadians have taken "tolerance" to it's logical, but absurd, limit.

[King Prout]

wasn't this an episode of CSI?

[King Prout]

just damn!

[Paleo Conservative]

This guy and Chante Mallard ought to hook up on e-harmony.com.

[Redbob]

Francouer was no doubt trying to make it to Fort Worth...

[Tijeras_Slim]

a body in his windshield for all the see ... and for nearly an hour nobody stopped him!!

Maybe they thought he was filming "Jackass II".

[CPOSharky]

Canada is on the metric system, right?

Is that why they have 50 minute hours?

Or is it a time slip, where he can drive for an hour but be arrested only 50 minutes later.

[Little Ray]

That's Canada; being drunk is probably a mitigating factor!

[Starstruck]

Have you ever seen the size of those Canadian Mosquitos?

[Darksheare]

I was thinking that too.
Maybe he thought it sounded like a good way to have a driving partner?
/ sick.

How can you drive for an hour with someone in the widshield and NOT seemingly care?
I just don't get it.

[TXnMA]

How can you drive for an hour with someone in the widshield and NOT seemingly care?

The poor guy in the windshield must've begged for help -- in English...

< /SARCASM >

[Darksheare]

Oh yeah.
He was inconsiderate enough to not speak quebecois.
Silly me, it was Canada anyway!
*half-hearted chuckle*

That's insane..

[Ann Archy]

What's going on in this world?

[Mr. Silverback]

Yeah, it was on CSI. The driver was a lawyer who thought the dude was dead (victim was unconscious) and drove home to his garage so he could sober up a bit before calling it in. Then the guy woke up...

[Mr. Silverback]

At least he didn't stop to have sex, like Chante did.

[MeekOneGOP]

This guy and Chante Mallard ought to hook up on e-harmony.com.

Oh, my ! History truly does repeat itself sometimes ...

Gregory Glenn Biggs
graduated from Evangel
Temple Christian School in
Grand Prairie in 1982.

Portrait taken of Biggs in 1988.

Chante Mallard

Chante Mallard (left) is accused of striking
Gregory Biggs with her car and leaving him
to die in the windshield.

STAR-TELEGRAM ARCHIVES/RODGER MALLISON

Chante Mallard attends a hearing in March 2002 that increased her bail to $250,000. Two men have pleaded guilty in the case and are expected to testify for the prosecution.

STAR-TELEGRAM ARCHIVES/JOYCE MARSHALL

Gregory Glenn Biggs died within hours of being struck after Chante Mallard parked her car inside the garage of her house at 3840 Wilbarger Street , according to the Tarrant County medical examiner.

Gregory Biggs

[mhking]

It sounds like a "long-distance" relationship...

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Bella]

Guess this hot, humid summer is getting to them all!

[Clay Moore]

Does this allow him to drive in the car-pool lane?

[Ichneumon]

Does this allow him to drive in the car-pool lane?

ROFL!

[monkeyshine]

Police arrested a driver 50 minutes later, with the victim still lodged against the windshield....He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

[thegreatbeast]

No, he was simply travelling east and thus made up ten minutes.

[weegee]

Not guilty? NOT GUILTY??? that car didn't drive itself you pinhead.

Maybe it was an SUV. I hear about killer SUVs all the time.

[frodolives]

No, it has to do with the exchange rate.

[Cheapskate]

SUVs do, they drive off of parking decks,roll over on hapless drivers. Those nasty SUVs want to kill everybody.

[Cheapskate]

oops sorry about that. I forgot to check the whole thread.