MONTREAL - Three people were injured in a spectacular car accident at Peel and St. Antoine Sts. in downtown Montreal on Tuesday morning, in a three-vehicle collision in which the bright sun may have played a role, police said.
One victim, a woman, was reported to be in serious but stable condition in a hospital, Montreal police Constable Simon Delorme said.
The two other victims, both men, were listed in stable condition in a hospital, he said.
Delorme said a man in his 40s who was driving a Hyundai Sonata west on St. Antoine may have run a red light about 8 a.m. Two other vehicles struck the Sonata. The three vehicles appeared to have spun several times in the middle of the broad intersection. Two ended up against the median, a few feet from a beer delivery truck.
The Sonata ended up right in front of the entrance to Windsor Station on the corner of St. Antoine and Peel. The front of the car was crumpled up to the windshield.
The delivery truck remained parked at the scene, mainly because debris from two of the vehicles fell off and hit the truck, Delorme said. The truck did not appear to have played a role in the collision, he added.
"We'll have our collision investigators look into it. We'll see who had the right of way," Delorme said. "It seems to have been a high-velocity accident. It's possible the bright sun was a factor."
Traffic was expected to be rerouted around the intersection of Peel and St. Antoine Sts. for the better part of the morning, Delorme said.
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