A serious road accident involving a semi-trailer truck and seven vehicles killed two people and injured ten on Tuesday evening on Highway 30 in Saint-Hubert, on the South Shore of Montreal.

The collision occurred around 10:30 p.m. on the eastbound A-30 at the Grande-Allée exit, when the truck, which allegedly failed to stop in the face of slowing traffic, struck seven vehicles.

In one of the vehicles, a 42-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy died on the spot, according to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), specifying that in another car stuck in the pileup were a 55-year-old man and a teenager. 16 year olds who were seriously injured.

The two victims were rushed to a hospital and there are fears for their lives, while eight other people suffered more or less serious injuries and were evacuated to hospital.

A large security perimeter was erected to protect the scene for investigators and SQ reconstructionists dispatched to the scene to try to determine the circumstances of this fatal accident caused by the 53-foot truck.

The A-30 has been closed to traffic between the Grande-Allée entrance and Route 112 eastbound for an indefinite period, the Ministry of Transport wrote on Twitter, suggesting a detour via the road network. local.