A motorist escaped with her life after a violent collision with a bus shelter that occurred during the night from Thursday to Friday in the Ville Mont-Royal area, on the island of Montreal.
The Montreal City Police Service (SPVM) was alerted around 2:30 a.m. by 911 calls for an accident on Jean-Talon Street West, near Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges.
According to initial information, the driver was driving on rue Jean-Talon Ouest when she lost control of her vehicle.
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For an unknown reason, the vehicle then violently hit a bus shelter before ending its trajectory against a pole, according to SPVM spokesperson Véronique Dubuc.
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The victim was transported in a conscious state to a hospital to be treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, it was specified.
We do not yet know the cause of this collision, but SPVM police officers were in the process of recovering evidence to determine whether charges would be laid.