Highway 40 Is closed due to a pile-up

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Thursday, 15 February 2018 10:00

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Thursday, 15 February 2018 10:04

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Highway 40 is closed in the direction is at km 174, in the area of Louiseville and Yamachiche, due to two caroms spectacular involving a dozen vehicles occurred around 8am, Thursday morning.

“It is the mist intense that cause problems,” explains Eloise Cossette, of the Sûreté du Québec.

Highway 40 is closed in the direction is at the height of Yamachiche at the km 152, due to a pile-up involving a dozen vehicles.

ANDRÉANNE LEMIRE/QMI AGENCY

The vehicles are directed to route 138 in Pointe-du-Lac

ANDRÉANNE LEMIRE/QMI AGENCY

Heavy weights are involved in the pile-up.

ANDRÉANNE LEMIRE/QMI AGENCY

It does fortunately no one was seriously injured, but the information remained preliminary, mid-morning Thursday.

ANDRÉANNE LEMIRE/QMI AGENCY

Paramedics, police, and the tugs were active still on the ground shortly after 9am, and it was impossible to tell to what time the road would reopen to traffic.