(Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier) A man whose motorcycle was hit on Saturday in a traffic slowdown in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, in the Capitale-Nationale region, succumbed to his injuries.
Updated yesterday at 10:15 a.m.
The man in his sixties was driving a three-wheeled Spyder motorcycle when the collision occurred around 1:30 p.m. on Fossambault Road, just north of the Jacques-Cartier River Bridge.
“According to initial findings, there is a slowdown in traffic that would have occurred and the car following the motorcycle would have collided with it. Under the force of the impact, the motorcycle would also have come into contact with the vehicle in front of it, ”explained the spokesperson Sûreté du Québec (SQ), Hélène Saint-Pierre.
As for the passenger of the Spyder motorcycle, also in her sixties, she also suffered major injuries, but there is no fear for her life.
They were both taken to hospital, where the motorcycle driver died hours later.
There were no other injuries. It is unclear how many people were in the other two cars involved in the accident.
Route Fossambault was closed to traffic in the area until 5:45 p.m.
“There is a reconstitutionist from the Sûreté du Québec who went to the scene to establish the causes and circumstances of the accident,” said Sergeant St-Pierre.
The SQ investigation is continuing.