Two seniors dead after colliding with transport truck near St-Wenceslas, Que.

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A antheral and a woman, some 68, died connected Friday nighttime aft their conveyance collided with a transport motortruck connected Highway 55 near St-Wenceslas, Que. 

Provincial constabulary arrested the motortruck operator for unsafe driving causing death

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 05, 2025 2:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

A closeup of the broadside  doorway  of a white, achromatic  and yellowish  constabulary  car.

A conveyance and a transport motortruck collided connected Highway 55 adjacent St-Wenceslas, Que., sidesplitting 2 68-year-olds, according to the Sûreté du Québec. (Lynda Paradis/Radio-Canada)

Provincial constabulary accidental 2 radical successful their 60s are dormant aft a convulsive collision betwixt a transport motortruck and a conveyance connected Friday nighttime successful cardinal Quebec.

The clang took spot connected Highway 55 adjacent St-Wenceslas, astir 150 kilometres eastbound of Montreal.

Police accidental a astir 16-metre motortruck was trying to marque a U-turn connected the road aft stopping connected the broadside of the roadworthy erstwhile a 2nd conveyance crashed into the trailer.

Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu says 2 radical successful the conveyance — a antheral and a woman, some 68 — were killed connected impact.

Beaulieu says the operator of the motortruck was arrested for unsafe driving causing decease but was released connected a committedness to look astatine a aboriginal date.

An probe is underway to find the circumstances of the crash.

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