FREDERIC SERRE
The 1019 Report

An arrest warrant has been issued by the Sûreté du Québec against the truck driver caught on camera knocking a female trucker unconscious during a shocking road rage incident last August on the Île aux Tourtes Bridge.

While he is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 15 to face criminal charges in connection with the incident, he was ordered by the SQ to report to the Vaudreuil-Dorion detachment on Oct. 7 to be photographed and fingerprinted, but failed to appear. The suspect has not been publicly identified. He has been charged with aggravated assault and dangerous driving.

The Aug. 21 incident forced the closure of the bridge in both directions for several hours as paramedics and SQ officers did their best to reach the scene of the incident as quickly as possible. According to the SQ, the road rage incident was sparked by a dispute as both trucks were stuck in heavy traffic in the westbound lane of the span at about 3:30 p.m.

A shocking video of the brazen attack, obtained by The 1019 Report and other media, showed trucker Stephanie Ross of Morin Heights being punched in the head and knocked unconscious by a male trucker. The video also showed two Transport Quebec employees trying to reason with Ross’s attacker, as he hovered over her as she was lying unconscious on the pavement. She was transported to hospital for treatment.

Ross denounced the lack of response by other motorists, truckers and even the pair of Transport Quebec workers who had initially stepped in, but then went back to work instead of calling 911. According to Ross, it was the woman who had filmed the attack who got out of her car and tended to her, urging the Transport Quebec workers to call 911 while the suspect was still walking around the fallen Ross.