A man was in critical condition on Sunday after being found in a ditch in his vehicle in Joliette, Lanaudière.
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Around 10:20 a.m., a call was made to 911 by a passerby who saw the vehicle in the ditch on Route 343, between Albert-Geoffroy and Lanoraie streets.
According to initial information, the accident had occurred some time before the call, confirmed Beatrice Dorsainville, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
The driver was alone in the car when he was found. He might have missed a curve, said the SQ.
He was taken to hospital in critical condition.
Police officers in collision investigation were dispatched to the scene to find out the circumstances of this nebulous exit from the road.