Three dead, three injured in crash in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region

SAGUENAY, Que. — Three people were killed and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday evening in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region.

Quebec provincial police say the collision between a compact car and a truck occurred about 6 p.m. on Highway 172, near Ste-Rose-du-Nord, Que., about 185 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.

Police say they no longer fear for the lives of the three injured.

Authorities say their initial investigation suggests the head-on collision may have been provoked by a driver attempting to pass another car on the highway.