(Saint-Hyacinthe) The man who was in critical condition Thursday evening after a collision with a crane truck near Saint-Hyacinthe, in Montérégie, has succumbed to his injuries.
According to the Sûreté du Québec, emergency services arrived at the scene around 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of Chemin du Grand Rang and Chemin du Grand Rang, near the ramp leading to Highway 20, in the municipality of La Présentation, a few kilometres northwest of Saint-Hyacinthe.
Initial information from the police force indicates that a vehicle traveling north on Chemin du Grand Rang made a turn west before colliding with a crane truck that was on Grand Rang.
The driver of the vehicle suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital in critical condition. He was pronounced dead later that evening. The man driving the crane truck was not injured, the SQ said.
As the causes and circumstances of this incident are still unclear, patrol officers trained in collision investigation went to the scene to analyse the scene.