A 23-year-old driver was seriously injured Sunday night in a major collision at Verdun St. and 6th Ave. in Verdun.
According to Montreal police, the driver swerved at a construction site. Police say the car was travelling at high speed on Verdun St. when it hit an electricity pole and broke it.
The driver stopped a few streets away.
The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but is now expected to survive.
The man had to be extricated from the car with a hydraulic cutter.
