A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run death of an 18-year-old cyclist in the Ahuntsic–Cartierville borough of Montreal last week. Montreal police said the minor was arrested Tuesday around noon in the same borough where the collision took place. The accused’s identity cannot be published due to their age. The minor is scheduled to appear in youth court Wednesday to face charges of manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death, dangerous driving causing death, failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in death, and fleeing from a police officer. The victim, Isaac Larivée, was pronounced dead on the scene. Driver was fleeing police in stolen car Montreal police (SPVM) received a 911 call around noon reporting a collision between a vehicle and a cyclist at the intersection of Jeanne-Mance Street and Henri-Bourassa Boulevard. Larivée was struck by a car fleeing from provincial police on Friday. Police confirmed the vehicle, found a few blocks from the collision, had been stolen. According to police, the cyclist was crossing the intersection when the driver struck him head-on. The vehicle was reportedly travelling at high speed. The driver fled the scene. Six BEI investigators have been assigned to the investigation to determine the circumstances that led to the incident. According to the BEI, an unmarked SQ patrol car saw a vehicle carrying out a possible violation of highway safety rules. Montreal police have launched a parallel criminal investigation.
