A serious accident occurred around 3:15 a.m. Saturday morning when an SUV-type vehicle hit a truck head-on, which was immobilized on the shoulder in Rivière-des-Prairies.
A heavy dump truck was traveling in the right lane when it suddenly suffered a breakdown or a mechanical problem, 2 km from exit 92 for Boulevard Gouin, on Highway 40 East. It therefore quickly came to a stop on the shoulder.
That’s when the SUV would have rammed him.
Quebec 511 reports that currently two out of three lanes are closed to traffic.
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The police, paramedics and firefighters were at the scene of the accident to extricate the victim trapped inside his vehicle.
The driver who was alone on board the SUV succumbed to his injuries, confirms the Sûreté du Québec.
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The driver of the heavy vehicle escaped unscathed.