1 dead, 4 injured in head-on crash on Quebec’s Highway 20, drunk driving charges laid – Montreal | 24CA News
A younger man going within the flawed route on Highway 20 faces drunk driving fees following a head-on collision in Quebec’s Montérégie area that left one useless and 4 injured in a single day Saturday.
Emergency companies had been referred to as at round 11:30 p.m. after a pickup truck smashed into one other car within the freeway’s westbound lanes in Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, about an hour east of Montreal.
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Provincial police say 5 individuals had been within the car that was struck, with the motive force and three passengers taken to hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Catherine Bernard says a fourth passenger was ejected from the car.
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The 18-year-old man later died of his accidents.
Police say the 24-year-old truck driver was not injured and was arrested for driving whereas impaired.
