Montreal | Two pedestrians die in collision

(Montreal) Two pedestrians died Monday night after a hit-and-run car north of Montreal.

Posted at 7:20 am.

The Montreal City Police Service (SPVM) reports that the driver was found a short time later in the same area.

These were the two calls made to the 911 emergency call center that sent SPVM police officers to the intersection of Boulevard Henri-Bourassa Ouest and Boulevard de l'Acadie around 1:20 a.m. When they arrived, they found two people passed out on the ground; They died on the spot.

Photo by Josie Desmarais, The Press

By the end of the night, two security perimeters had been erected at the scene of the clashes and where the suspect was arrested.

Thanks to witnesses, agents from the SPVM canine force found the car of the suspect, a 23-year-old man, who had fled westwards from the point of impact, about one and a half kilometers away. .

According to police, he stopped his vehicle near the intersection of Boulevard Henri-Bourassa Ouest and Rue Dutrisac in the Saint-Laurent borough. While waiting to be interrogated by SPVM investigators, he was captured after a while and taken to the hospital center.

By the end of the night, two security perimeters had been erected at the scene of the clashes and where the suspect was arrested.

As the night wore on, the identities of the two victims had not yet been ascertained.