Suspect Arrested After Quebec Teacher on Picket Line Struck by Car

Suspect Arrested After Quebec Teacher on Picket Line Struck by Car
Josee Scalabrini, president of the Federation des syndicats de l'enseignement, responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, on August 24, 2020. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press
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MONTREAL—A teacher in Sherbrooke, Que., who was picketing with her colleagues this morning was struck by a car in what police are calling a deliberate gesture.

Sherbrooke police spokesman Martin Carrier says the woman was participating in a teachers strike outside her high school around 9:30 a.m. when she was struck by a driver who allegedly drove into the picket line.