A 21-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was involved in a collision Friday afternoon in Montreal’s Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie borough.
Montreal police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils said the incident happened at around 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Pie-IX Boulevard and St-Zotique Street.
Preliminary information obtained by police indicates the cyclist was heading west on St-Zotique and may have failed to stop at a red light.
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“That’s when the impact happened,” Chèvrefils said, adding the SUV was heading south on Pie-IX at a low speed.
The cyclist suffered non-life-threatening injuries to the head and was conscious during his transport to hospital.
The driver of the SUV, a 62-year-old man, was not injured in the incident.
Collision experts were at the scene to determine the circumstances surrounding the crash.
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Investigators were also meeting with witnesses.
The crash prompted the closure of several streets to allow for the investigation.
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