ST-JOSEPH-DE-BEAUCE, Que. – A youthful weekend stunt gone tragically wrong resulted in three criminal charges Monday against a 21-year-old Quebec man.
Alex Labbe was accused of causing the death of his friend in a so-called couch surfing accident.
On a snowy night in the Quebec village of St-Benjamin, Labbe was allegedly driving a vehicle that dragged a sofa carrying two of his friends last Saturday.
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A vehicle travelling in the opposite direction smashed into the rolling sofa, killing one of its passengers, 22-year-old Francois Hallee.
Labbe had already been charged with hit and run causing death and dangerous driving causing death. On Monday, prosecutors laid a third charge of criminal negligence causing death.
Labbe was accused of fleeing the accident scene. He was arrested later, at his home in St-Georges, in the Beauce region southeast of Quebec City.
His family was at the courthouse but declined to discuss the incident with journalists.
Labbe was freed on $2,000 bail and his mother was also required to pony up $1,000. He will be forced to respect several bail conditions – including not drinking alcohol, not driving a car, and handing in his driver’s licence.
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