A collision involving a bus carrying students left one person dead in Saint-Pie, a municipality of 6,000 residents located between Saint-Hyacinthe and Granby in the Montérégie region.
Emergency services were called to the scene of the collision late Friday evening, around 11:50 p.m., on Route 235 near the intersection with Rang Elmire.
The victim was the driver who struck the bus after losing control of his vehicle.
“A young man in his twenties lost control of his vehicle and caused a head-on collision with the bus carrying students. Unfortunately, the driver of the car died. The occupants of the bus were not injured,” said Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
“An investigation is underway to determine the causes and circumstances of the event,” said Beaulieu.
The SQ investigation is ongoing.
