One dead, five injured, in two Montreal accidents
Posted October 18, 2023 8:40 am.
Last Updated October 18, 2023 12:09 pm.
MONTREAL – A 22-year-old motorist died and four other young men were in critical condition Wednesday morning after two single-car accidents in northeast Montreal Tuesday night.
A 21-year-old woman was also injured in one of the collisions, but her life is not in danger, according to Montreal police (SPVM).
The first accident occurred at around 8:40 p.m. in the Rivière-des-Prairies borough. According to police, a loss of control occurred on Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Blvd. as the vehicle was heading northbound, near the intersection of Maurice-Duplessis Blvd. Two young men, aged 18 and 20, were taken to hospital in critical condition.
The second accident took place at around 9:50 p.m. in Montreal-North. A vehicle lost control and hit several parked cars before crashing into a tree on Lacordaire Blvd, near the intersection of Arthur-Chevrier Street.
Three men in their early 20s were seriously injured and were taken to hospital in critical condition. A young woman was also injured.
One of the men died in hospital a few hours after the accident.
Safety perimeters were set up at the scenes of both accidents to allow SPVM collision investigators to establish the circumstances of what happened.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on October 18, 2023.
