[PHOTOS] Serious accident on the A640: a motorist in critical condition

A motorist who was sandwiched between a school bus and a tractor-trailer during a road accident on the North Shore of Montreal was fighting for his life Thursday morning.

It was a sudden slowdown in traffic on Highway 640 East, in the Rosemère sector, that caused the accident.

“The driver of the car was hit by a school bus and then he was thrown against the semi-trailer in front of him,” said Sergeant Audrey-Anne Bilodeau, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec.

The driver of the small Honda Civic, a man in his thirties, was taken to hospital in critical condition. His condition recovered later that evening.

Several teenagers were on board the school bus. None of them were injured.

The driver of the semi-trailer also escaped unscathed.

A portion of Highway 640 East was completely closed to traffic for part of the day to allow Sûreté du Québec collision investigation specialists to do their job.