What we know so far about the accused in the Laval daycare bus crash

The man arrested in a deadly bus crash at a Quebec daycare is currently detained in jail awaiting his next court date, according to Audrey Roy-Cloutier of the Crown prosecutor's office.

The man arrested in a deadly bus crash at a Quebec daycare is currently detained in jail awaiting his next court date, according to Audrey Roy-Cloutier of the Crown prosecutor's office.

What motivated the attack, which left two children dead and another six injured, is still unclear.

The accused is facing nine charges: two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and four counts of assault with a weapon causing bodily harm.

Here’s what we know about him so far:

Pierre Ny St-Amand, 51, is a Laval resident and has worked as a driver with the Laval transit corporation for the last 10 years. He lives in a house on a quiet suburban street about 10 kilometres south of the daycare. Several neighbours described the accused as a quiet, pleasant father of two girls.

A next-door neighbour of St-Amand’s said the man has been living there with his family for at least five years, and described him as quiet and always friendly – a good neighbour.

One man, Thanh-Ry Tran, told The Canadian Press his family got together with St-Amand’s family a few times a year, adding that their wives would sometimes help each other in picking up or dropping off children. He said St-Amand had never shown signs of distress.