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Car crash kills three teenagers and injures another in Quebec’s Montérégie region

Oct 10, 2022 | 10:10 AM

MONTREAL — Three teenagers are dead after a single-vehicle crash in Quebec’s Montérégie region Sunday evening.

Provincial police say the 19-year-old driver of the vehicle and two 18-year-old passengers were killed.

Police say a fourth 16-year-old passenger was taken to hospital, and that her life is no longer in danger.

The crash occurred shortly after 7 p.m. in Saint-Robert, around 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

Police say the driver lost control on a curve and that the car rolled several times before leaving the roadway.

Police say high speed may have played a role in the crash, but that the investigation is ongoing.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 10, 2022.

The Canadian Press

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