Community members and advocates for the unhoused on Montreal’s south shore are reacting to an incident in Brossard last week that almost killed a woman living on the street.

Caroline Derome, who lived in an encampment on Allard Street in Brossard, was allegedly struck by a motorist deliberately on Tuesday, May 27th.

The driver, Luigi Fragomele, was arrested and faces four charges, including assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, dangerous driving and fleeing the scene of an accident.

“My leg is broken,” she told Global News, pointing to her right leg in a cast between the knee and ankle. “I have a surgery already and everything went well, so I hope that it will continue that way and that it will heal properly and quickly.”

On Tuesday, housing rights advocates held a prot

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