NEUVILLE, QUE. – A woman in her 50s is dead after a head-on collision with a car Saturday morning on route 138 in Neuville, west of Quebec City.
Sûreté du Québec spokesperson, Eloïse Cosette, said the victim died on impact.
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According to witnesses, the driver of the car veered from his lane in a slight curve and struck the cyclist who was traveling in the opposite direction, head-on.
The jaws of life were necessary to free the driver from his vehicle, which had landed in a ditch.
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Investigators say that speed, drugs and alcohol were not factors in the collision.
Officers believe the driver, who suffered only minor injuries, may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
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