1 dead after head-on collision on Highway 50 in Quebec

A Quebec provincial police (SQ) car is photographed in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. (The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson)

One person is dead, and two others are seriously injured, after a head-on collision on Highway 50 in Mirabel, in Quebec’s Laurentians region, on Tuesday night.

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) says at 8:30 p.m., a vehicle carrying seven people veered off course and collided with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver who steered out of his lane, a man in his 30s, died.

Two others, aged between 20 and 50 years old, were seriously injured.

The driver of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries.

The SQ says it is considering all hypotheses leading up to the incident, including driver fatigue.

Highway 50 was reopened at 4 a.m. on Wednesday.