Posted on 26 October 2018 at 06:21 | Updated at 09:49
Tony Accurso's eldest son dies in a lurch.
The 43-year-old man who died last night in a lurch in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson in the Laurentians, is Jimmy Accurso, 43, the eldest son of businessman Tony Accurso, have confirmed police sources at La Presse .
James (Jimmy) Accurso, photographed last June during ... (David Boily, La Presse Archives) - image 1.0 Enlarge James (Jimmy) Accurso, photographed last June during the trial of his father for whom he testified.
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According to our information, the victim was a passenger in a Tesla-branded car driven by a local resident, businessman and lobbyist Sebastien Varin, 38 years old. Mr. Varin is one of the owners and managers of the Manoir Saint-Sauveur hotel, located about twenty kilometers away.
Slightly injured, he was arrested early Friday morning for allegedly driving while impaired and caused fatal lurching. He is being questioned by police and could face criminal charges of dangerous driving causing death and impaired driving. A blood test was done to determine his blood alcohol level.
Missed curve
At around midnight 45, the suspect missed a curve on route 370 in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, and swerved, which cost the life of his passenger, whose death was observed in the hospital. .
Jimmy Accurso, a resident of Deux-Montagnes, was director and then vice-president of Simard-Beaudry, his father's construction company, before his father was charged with corruption and selling the family empire. He now chaired a Laval company specializing in the management of heavy vehicle fleets by GPS.
Tony Accurso was sentenced to four years in jail last July for his involvement in municipal corruption in Laval. But he appealed the verdict and remains on conditional release for the duration of the judicial process. His son Jimmy had testified in his favor before the court twice this year.
