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Posted yesterday at 8:44pm, updated today at 12:42am
The driver, a 38-year-old local man, is being questioned by SQ police.
Emergency services blocked traffic on Boulevard Saint-Benoit in downtown Amqui.
Photo: Radio Canada / Samuel Ranger
Two men died in Amqui. The Sûreté du Québec confirms a total of 9 injuries, including 2 seriously injured.
Two men died in Amqui. The Sûreté du Québec confirms a total of 9 injuries, including 2 seriously injured.
The suspect is a 38-year-old local man, police said. He was arrested for fatal hit and run.
The suspect is a 38-year-old local man, police said. He was arrested for fatal hit and run.
The accident is said to have happened shortly after 3 p.m. in front of the La Captive microbrewery on Saint-Benoît Boulevard.
The accident is said to have happened shortly after 3 p.m. in front of the La Captive microbrewery on Saint-Benoît Boulevard.
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12:42 a.m
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12:03 a.m
An ambulance plane in Mont-Joli is mobilized to bring patients to a hospital center in Quebec.
An air ambulance was based in Mont-Joli to transport patients to a Quebec hospital.
Photo: Radio Canada / Edouard Beaudoin
11:36 p.m
SQ Sergeant Claude Doiron was able to provide more information on the course of events during an interview on the 24/60 program. The driver of the van collided with some pedestrians traveling on Highway 132. He drove a little further to run over other pedestrians. It happened over a certain distance.
11:28 p.m
A security perimeter still exists on Saint-Benoit Boulevard West in downtown Amqui.
In the evening, a security area was set up around the scene of the accident.
Photo: Radio Canada / Samuel Ranger
11:23 p.m
The CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent has confirmed that six injured are being taken to a hospital center in Quebec. Spokesman Gilles Turmel stated that 12 people were “taken care of”.
11:11 p.m
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10:58 p.m
According to the Sûreté du Québec, the suspect is a 38-year-old local man. He turned himself in to the Amqui police after the crime. He was arrested for fatal hit and run.
10:57 p.m
The Sûreté du Québec confirmed that two men died in Amqui: a man in his seventies and a man in his sixties. The police reported a total of nine injuries, two of them seriously.
10:52 p.m
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10:44 p.m
The press department of the CHU de Québec has confirmed that fewer than five patients will be transferred by plane to the Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus.
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