2 dead, 9 injured after getting struck by van in Canada’s Quebec
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QUEBEC CITY - Two people were killed and nine injured after getting struck by a van on Monday in the Canadian town of Amqui, Quebec, provincial police said.
Police spokesman Helene St-Pierre said the circumstances of the incident were still being investigated, and the driver of the van, a 38-year-old man, was under arrest.
Police were called around 3pm (local time) over reports of a van hitting pedestrians walking along a road in Amqui, located about 650km north-east of Montreal.
A man in his 70s and another man in his 60s were killed, Ms St-Pierre said. Two other people were seriously injured.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that his heart was with the people of Amqui.
“As we learn more about the tragic events that have taken place, I’m keeping everyone affected in my thoughts,” he said.
The incident comes a month after a bus driver was charged with murder after ramming his vehicle into a daycare centre in a Montreal suburb, killing two children.
Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino tweeted that he was “shocked and saddened” by the events and called the incident a “horrific act of violence”. REUTERS
