Hwy 20 West to Longueuil: congestion monster after an accident

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QMI agency

Saturday, December 9, 2017 14:55

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LONGUEUIL | congestion heavy was installed Saturday afternoon on several kilometers of highway 20 West due to an accident at the height of boulevard Roland-Therrien, Longueuil.

A motorist caused the accident could be charged with dangerous driving and an unspecified quantity of marijuana was found in his vehicle.

PHOTO MATHIEU WAGNER

PHOTO MATHIEU WAGNER

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The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said they received several calls around 10 p.m. reporting that a driver multiplied infractions of the highway safety Code.

He is a man in his forties who was driving a van in which were four children, said the spokesperson for the SQ Audrey-Anne Bilodeau.

The children were transported as a precaution to a hospital, but one of them would have been hurt more seriously. The SQ was not able to specify his or her state of health in the late afternoon. As to the man, he was under police surveillance in view of an interrogation.

A run that begins in Montreal

Circulating first on highway 40 West to Montreal, he had allegedly crashed into a vehicle at the height of the boulevard Henri-Bourassa, then at least one other to the height of the avenue Marien.

Some of these motorists are unhappy have follow-up until you get to Longueuil, where the man would have finished his race against a wall, close to the boulevard Roland-Therrien, causing a traffic jam that continued to stretch into the late afternoon.

PHOTO MATHIEU WAGNER

PHOTO MATHIEU WAGNER

Investigators have been dispatched on the spot to attempt to understand the sequence of events. Because of the investigation, two of three lanes had to be closed, which caused some congestion monster over several kilometres. The SQ mentioned that the circulation could be expected to resume normally in the early evening.