(Montreal) A child lost his life following a collision on Highway 15, heading south, near Sainte-Adèle.
According to Caroline Bernard, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), emergency services were called to intervene around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
According to initial information, a vehicle had stopped on the left shoulder, “possibly due to a mechanical problem”.
The driver of a van coming behind was unable to avoid the vehicle and hit it.
The child, whose age and sex were not specified, was in the car that was hit by the van. He was seriously injured and transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The drivers of the two vehicles involved were also sent to hospital to be treated for nervous shock.
An SQ reconstructionist was dispatched to the scene to determine the circumstances of the collision.
As of mid-evening, Highway 15 southbound was still closed to traffic for a stretch of a few kilometers in the area from exit 64.