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Cousins remember Indigenous woman struck by vehicle while cycling [Video]

Amanda Fox and David Charette described their cousin, Chanel Charette, as always smiling and say memories of their childhood days together are helping them through their grief. Chanel died Sept. 26, two days after being struck by a vehicle while riding her bike in Vanier.

Since their cousin was taken from them last week, all David Charette and Amanda Fox have had to hold on to are their cherished memories of the days when they were “the three amigos.”

Chanel Charette, 33, died in hospital Sept. 26, two days after being struck by a vehicle while cycling in Vanier. 

“I just saw her on her last breaths, just attached to that machine.… I was just bawling my eyes out,” said David Charette, also 33. “Just the way she looked … it wasn’t her, and so I knew that she wasn’t going to be around anymore.”

He and Fox said their …

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