Two accident victims are in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle accident in St. Liguori at about 9:20 p.m. Sunday.

The driver and passenger were injured after the car swerved and flipped several times, ending up in a ditch on Rang Double (also known as Route 346).

One of the occupants had to be freed with the jaws of life.

The road was closed following the incident as investigators attempted to determine what happened.

St. Liguori is a town of about 2,000 that sits about 70 km north of Montreal.