(Montreal) A motorist who was driving on Highway 73 Sunday evening, in Beauce, lost his life after being hit by another car coming from the opposite direction of traffic.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) reports that the offending driver, aged in his 50s, is expected to face a charge of impaired driving causing death later Monday. He was only slightly injured, but was taken to hospital nonetheless.
At the start of the morning, the SQ still did not know if he would be taken to court or if his appearance would take place by videoconference.
The elderly man in his late 40s who was involved in the head-on collision was also taken to hospital after the impact; he died a few hours later.
There were no passengers in the two motorists involved.
The SQ specifies that the collision occurred around 9:30 p.m. near exit 53 of Highway 73, in Notre-Dame-des-Pins, between Beauceville and Saint-Georges. For some unknown reason, the offending driver had entered while traveling north in the southbound lane.
Police say weather conditions were good in the area when the collision occurred.