(Gaspé) A man must be brought to justice after a three-vehicle collision that killed two people in Gaspé on Wednesday.
Posted yesterday at 10:29pm.
At around 1:45 p.m., the emergency services were alerted to the collision that had just occurred on Route 132, also known as Boulevard Renard Est, in the Rivière-au-Renard sector.
“Unfortunately, two deaths were recorded in the hospital out of the three injured. We are talking about two men aged 18 and 19,” said Sergeant Béatrice Dorsainville, spokeswoman for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
The identities of the victims were not immediately released.
The circumstances that led to this collision between the three vehicles were still unclear at around 10 p.m. However, it is known that none of the motorists had passengers on board.
The third injured driver was arrested.
“A driver was arrested in connection with this collision. The charges will be determined as part of the investigation. It cannot be ruled out that driving disruptions could have contributed to this collision,” said the SQ spokesman.
The suspect was to remain in custody pending his appearance.
Route 132 was closed to traffic indefinitely eight hours after the accident at Rue Laflamme.
“Employees from the Ministry of Transport were present and a bypass was built. And then we have two investigators and a reconstructionist analyzing the crime scene,” Sergeant Dorsainville had hinted at earlier.
The SQ investigation continues.