March 13 (Portal) – Two people were killed and nine injured after they were hit by a van on Monday in the Canadian city of Amqui, Quebec, provincial police said.
Police spokeswoman Hélène St-Pierre said the circumstances of the collision were still being investigated and the driver of the van, a 38-year-old man, had been arrested.
Police were called around 3pm local time over reports of a collision between a van and pedestrians walking on a street in Amqui, about 400 miles northeast of Montreal.
A man in his 70s and another man in his 60s were killed, St-Pierre said. Two of the victims were in serious condition.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter his heart was with the people of Amqui.
“As we learn more of the tragic events, my thoughts are with all those affected,” he said.
The incident comes a month after a bus driver was charged with murder after he rammed his vehicle into a daycare center in suburban Montreal, killing two children.
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Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino tweeted that he was “shocked and saddened” by the events and called the incident a “horrific act of violence”.
Reporting by Nia Williams in British Columbia, Allison Lampert in Montreal and Yana Gaur in Bengaluru. Edited by Leslie Adler, Rosalba O’Brien and Sandra Maler
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