One person is dead and seven others were taken to hospital after a minibus carrying about 10 passengers collided with an SUV south of Montreal Wednesday morning.
Two of the seven people sent to hospital have life-threatening injuries.
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Quebec provincial police say first responders were called at around 5:30 a.m. to the crash site in St-Rémi, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore.
They say early information suggests the bus veered out of its lane and hit the SUV coming in the opposite direction.
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The road was closed following the accident, and crash reconstruction experts were sent to analyze the scene.
Police believe weather conditions may have played a role in the crash.
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