Psychiatric Evaluation Completed for Man Accused of Crashing Bus Into Quebec Daycare

The scene outside a daycare centre in Laval, Que., Feb. 9, 2023, where a bus crashed into the building, killing two children. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

A psychiatric hospital has completed an evaluation of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare, but its contents will remain sealed, a court heard on Wednesday.

Montreal’s Philippe-Pinel institute was mandated to evaluate Pierre Ny St-Amand’s mental state at the time of his alleged crimes on Feb. 8. Both the Crown and the defence told a Laval, Que., courtroom on Wednesday that they had only received the 22-page report earlier that morning, and they asked that the case be postponed until June 13 to allow them to evaluate its contents.