CP NewsAlert: Police report two pedestrians killed in eastern Quebec crash

By The Canadian Press on March 13, 2023.

A Quebec provincial police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Police say several people have been injured after a vehicle plowed into pedestrians who were walking by the side of a road in Amqui, in Quebec's Bas-St-Laurent region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

AMQUI, Que. – Police say two men have died after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians who were walking beside a road in the eastern Quebec town of Amqui.

A provincial police spokeswoman said at least seven other people were injured, including two whose injuries are considered serious.

She said the 38-year-old driver turned himself in to police and was arrested under suspicion of fatal hit and run.

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