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An OC Transpo driver is on “investigatory leave” following a June 8 incident near Brittania Beach that sent a young man to hospital with critical injuries to his pelvis and lower abdomen.
Evean Larabie, 23, was a passenger on a Route 16 bus when, according to Ottawa police, he was either removed from or asked to leave the bus. A friend who had been with Larabie at the beach earlier that Friday afternoon said he had been drinking.
What exactly transpired next — and why — remains under investigation, but the vehicle’s rear wheels may have rolled over Larabie, police said.
He was rushed to The Ottawa Hospital’s trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.
Larabie has had screws implanted in his pelvis and undergone surgery to repair significant damage to some internal organs, according to his father, Logan Larabie. He now requires a colostomy bag.
Late last week, the young man was placed back in an induced coma and a breathing tube was reinserted because he was having trouble breathing.
He is now able to talk, but, according to his father, doesn’t remember anything about the incident.
Logan Larabie said doctors have told him his son’s pelvic bone has been severed from his spine. The young man has been measured for a wheelchair so he can hopefully begin to move around the hospital and begin rehabilitation.
He has yet to undergo an MRI to determine the extent of nerve damage he’s suffered. He’s scheduled for another surgery later this week or early next.
“His life is changed,” Logan Larabie said of his oldest son.
A day after the incident, OC Transpo’s director of transit operations, Troy Charter, told this newspaper the bus service is co-operating with the police investigation. “It’s a serious situation and we’re treating it that way.”
On Wednesday, Charter’s boss, transportation services general manager John Manconi, was tight-lipped due to the police investigation.
But Manconi did offer one piece of new information: “That operator is not driving right now, he’s off on investigatory leave.”
When reached Wednesday, Ottawa police confirmed the investigation is still open.
Logan Larabie said he hopes the investigation will be wrapped up quickly to provide answers to his many questions, including how Evean’s interaction with the OC Transpo driver took such a tragic turn.
“My son’s not a saint,” Larabie said. “If he did something he’s criminally responsible for, he’ll have to deal with that.”
A Go Fund Me page has been created to help the Larabie family cover a variety of costs, such as nursing, physiotherapy, legal fees, lost productivity, wheelchair and accessibility, a specialized bed and clothing, and a specialized diet for Evean during his recovery.
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Evean Larabie, 23, was a passenger on a Route 16 bus when, according to Ottawa police, he was either removed from or asked to leave the bus. A friend who had been with Larabie at the beach earlier that Friday afternoon said he had been drinking.
What exactly transpired next — and why — remains under investigation, but the vehicle’s rear wheels may have rolled over Larabie, police said.
He was rushed to The Ottawa Hospital’s trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.
Larabie has had screws implanted in his pelvis and undergone surgery to repair significant damage to some internal organs, according to his father, Logan Larabie. He now requires a colostomy bag.
Late last week, the young man was placed back in an induced coma and a breathing tube was reinserted because he was having trouble breathing.
He is now able to talk, but, according to his father, doesn’t remember anything about the incident.
Logan Larabie said doctors have told him his son’s pelvic bone has been severed from his spine. The young man has been measured for a wheelchair so he can hopefully begin to move around the hospital and begin rehabilitation.
He has yet to undergo an MRI to determine the extent of nerve damage he’s suffered. He’s scheduled for another surgery later this week or early next.
“His life is changed,” Logan Larabie said of his oldest son.
A day after the incident, OC Transpo’s director of transit operations, Troy Charter, told this newspaper the bus service is co-operating with the police investigation. “It’s a serious situation and we’re treating it that way.”
On Wednesday, Charter’s boss, transportation services general manager John Manconi, was tight-lipped due to the police investigation.
But Manconi did offer one piece of new information: “That operator is not driving right now, he’s off on investigatory leave.”
When reached Wednesday, Ottawa police confirmed the investigation is still open.
Logan Larabie said he hopes the investigation will be wrapped up quickly to provide answers to his many questions, including how Evean’s interaction with the OC Transpo driver took such a tragic turn.
“My son’s not a saint,” Larabie said. “If he did something he’s criminally responsible for, he’ll have to deal with that.”
A Go Fund Me page has been created to help the Larabie family cover a variety of costs, such as nursing, physiotherapy, legal fees, lost productivity, wheelchair and accessibility, a specialized bed and clothing, and a specialized diet for Evean during his recovery.
mpearson@postmedia.com
twitter.com/mpearson78
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