(Montreal) Speed could be the cause in a spectacular accident where a vehicle ended its race at the bottom of an overpass in the Pointe-Claire borough, in Montreal.
It was a call to 911 on Saturday morning, around 4 a.m., which informed the emergency services of the fall of the vehicle which ended up on avenue Cardinal, near boulevard des Sources, not far from the highway. 20, in the west of the island of Montreal.
The two men who were in the vehicle were injured.
“When the police arrived on the scene, they located an unconscious man outside the vehicle. He was transported to a hospital center, ”said officer Caroline Chèvrefils, spokesperson for the Montreal Police Department (SPVM).
“Another man was located inside the vehicle. He was also taken to a hospital, ”she said.
The immediate severity of their injuries was unknown.
According to the first elements of the police investigation, the vehicle was traveling in a southerly direction on Boulevard des Sources, near Avenue Donegani, when the driver lost control of the vehicle before falling at the bottom of the viaduct in question.
The scene was protected to allow SPVM investigators to do their job.
“The speed could be the cause,” acknowledged the spokesperson for the SPVM.