At the time of the crash, the pothole was 1.6 metres wide, nearly seven metres long, and filled with about nine centimetres of water, according to a police report cited by the coroner
The cause of death was described as “multiple cranial and thoracic trauma following a loss of control of his vehicle after a passage through a giant pothole on Autoroute 30 west.”
Transportation authorities had also carried out “several” repairs, including emergency roadwork three days prior to the crash. “It was known it was dangerous since Feb. 2019; they carried out emergency paving,” Dionne wrote.
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