(Val-Brillant) A head-on collision between two vehicles injured five people, including three children who are in critical condition, Sunday afternoon, in Val-Brillant, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
The accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Route 132 near rue des Cèdres.
The head-to-head collision involves a sedan with two children and a driver, and a minivan with a child and an adult on board.
“The driver of one of the two vehicles, a sedan, would have deviated from his lane and collided with another vehicle, a minivan,” said Camille Savoie, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
The three young children were seriously injured and their lives are feared. Two of them were airlifted to a hospital in the Montreal area, said Ms.me Savoy.
Both drivers sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
A specialist in collision reconstruction went to the scene to establish the causes and circumstances of this accident.
A section of Route 132 is closed to traffic and a detour has been put in place.