CHAPAIS, Que. — A head-on crash today between two vehicles has left five people dead in the town of Chapais in northern Quebec. Provincial police report that four men and one woman died after a collision that happened at around 1:15 p.m.
CHAPAIS, Que. — A head-on crash today between two vehicles has left five people dead in the town of Chapais in northern Quebec.
Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu says the circumstances of the crash remain unclear, but according to preliminary information, a pickup truck entered the oncoming lane and ran into a van carrying four people. The driver of the pickup and the three men and one woman in the van were taken to hospital in Chibougamau with serious injuries.
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the van from Waswanipi was carrying patients and staff.
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