A 44-year-old man is in critical condition after he ran off the road and drove directly into a power pole on Wilfrid-Hamel Boulevard in Quebec Sunday afternoon.
Police officers from the Quebec City Police Service (SPVQ) were called to a collision between a car and a Hydro-Quebec pole just after 3:20 p.m.
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The driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital and remains in a critical condition at the time of writing.
The front passenger of the vehicle, a 44-year-old man, was also taken to the hospital. However, the SPVQ notes that there is no reason to fear for his life.
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According to him, the rear passenger, a 39-year-old man, was evaluated at the scene but only showed minor injuries that did not require ambulance transport.
Extrication pliers are necessary to remove some passengers from the vehicle.
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A perimeter has been set up around the crash site while investigators and technicians from the Forensic Identification Unit are on site to determine the cause of the crash.
SPVQ also notes that no theory is currently rejected.
The road is closed to traffic on Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel in both directions between Boulevard Central and Rue Ampere. As the Hydro-Québec pole posed a risk of falling, load shedding in the sector was deemed necessary.
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