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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Allison Lampert and Ismail Shakil

Driver charged with murder after bus rams into Canada daycare

A person lights a candle during a vigil outside a church close to the site where a Laval city bus crashed into the daycare, in Laval, Quebec, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

A city bus driver is facing first-degree murder charges after his vehicle rammed into a daycare center in a Montreal suburb on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring six others.

Police did not give a cause for the crash but filed murder and assault charges against Pierre Ny St-Amand, 51. Authorities said the driver has worked for the transit system for 10 years and does not have a criminal record.

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