2 dead after head-on collision in Candiac [Video]

Provincial police (SQ) say a head-on crash on Highway 30 in Candiac has left two people dead.

“Around 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, emergency services responded to head-on collision between two vehicles at kilometre 56,” SQ spokesperson Elizabeth Marquis-Guy said. 

The driver of one of the vehicles, a woman in her 40s, was pronounced dead on the scene.

A man in his 20s was transported to the hospital in critical condition but later succumbed to his injuries and died.

The crash involved two vehicles travelling on a stretch of road where both lanes were supposed to be going in the same direction.

Police are now investigating how the two cars collided head-on, especially since traffic moving in opposite directions on Highway 30 is separated by a median.

They are also considering several factors, including whether drugs, alcohol, or poor visibility may have contributed to the crash.

The section of Highway …