Montreal police say a driver injured two pedestrians before landing his vehicle on a cement divider at a construction site in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough.
Montreal police spokesperson Véronique Comtois said the incident happened at around 10:30 a.m. Monday not far from the intersection of Crémazie and Saint-Michel boulevards.
The vehicle driven by the unidentified person was heading westbound on Cremazie, according to Comtois, when a police officer who was directing traffic around the worksite was struck.
The vehicle continued on its way then hit a nearby construction worker before ending up on a concrete barrier, police say.
Both the police officer and the construction worker were taken to hospital to be treated for lower-body injuries.
Comtois said the officer’s life is not in danger. Health authorities have yet to provide a status update for the injured worker.
The driver of the vehicle wasn’t injured.
The intesection of Crémazie and Saint-Michel was closed both in the westbound and southbound directions to allow for the investigation