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Highway 20 crash outside Montreal injures 9

Emergency crews respond to the scene of a crash on Highway 20 West in Boucherville on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. Global News

A small bus carrying nine passengers was involved in a single-vehicle collision on Highway 20 West on Monday afternoon, near Boucherville on Montreal’s south shore.

Emergency services were called at around 1:30 p.m. after the minivan went off the road.

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and ended up hitting the median.

According to the SQ all passengers were injured in the crash and taken to hospital.

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However, police said their lives are not in danger.

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Two of three westbound lanes were closed for several hours on Monday afternoon, as investigators and collision experts tried to piece together the circumstance surrounding the collision.

— with files from Global News’ Gloria Henriquez

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