Man, 33, is in critical condition after violent collision in Montreal
A 33-year-old man is currently in a critical condition after his vehicle was violently struck near Maurice-Duplessis and Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine boulevards in the Rivière-des-Prairies district of Montreal on Wednesday morning.
Emergency services were rushed to the scene at around 5:40 a.m.
Firefighters had to use jaws of life to extricate the man from the vehicle.
According to Montreal police (SPVM) spokesperson Mariane Allaire Morin, a “suspect vehicle” travelling eastbound on Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard collided with a vehicle in the northbound lane of Highway 25.
The occupants of the “possibly stolen” vehicle then fled on foot, while a seriously injured victim was in the other car.
The scene was cordoned off on Wednesday morning and investigators are trying to shed light on the circumstances of this accident.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on Dec. 25, 2024.
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