Amqui is the site of a ‘serious accident’ in Quebec. What we know
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SQ spokesperson Claude Doiron said the crash happened in downtown Amqui on St-Benoît Boulevard, also known as Route 132, on Monday afternoon.
The Sûreté du Québec is investigating what one provincial official is calling a “serious accident” in Amqui in the Gaspésie involving a pickup truck and several pedestrians.
SQ spokesperson Claude Doiron said the crash happened in downtown Amqui Monday afternoon on St-Benoît Boulevard, also known as Route 132.
Doiron said several pedestrians were severely injured in the crash but was unable to give an exact number.
Some of the pedestrians sustained life-threatening injuries, he said.
The driver of the pickup truck is being questioned by police.
The circumstances of the crash are not yet known but Doiron said the road, which cuts through the town, has sidewalks on either side.
Quebec Public Security Minister François Bonnardel said on Twitter that preliminary information suggests a “serious accident” took place in Amqui.
Bonnardel added he is monitoring the situation and that teams were being deployed to the area. Bonnardel is also keeping in touch with MNA Pascal Bérubé, who left Quebec City to be in his riding.
