2 arrested after bus crash leaves tens of thousands in dark south of Montreal

Two group were arrested aft a autobus slammed into an electrical transmission building successful a play clang that left thousands successful nan dark connected Montreal’s southbound shore.

Longueuil constabulary opportunity nan driver of nan bus, a man successful his 60s, is accused of vulnerable driving causing injury.

The female down nan instrumentality of nan different car progressive successful nan clang faces a complaint of impaired driving, according to police. Her property was not disclosed.

Police said nan bus, which was carrying unpaid firefighters from nan Montérégie region, collided pinch nan car earlier hitting nan transmission building astatine astir 9:45 p.m. connected Saturday.

Two group connected nan autobus and different successful nan car were injured successful nan collision.

Hydro-Québec said nan downing of a brace of captious powerfulness lines near immoderate 88,000 households without electricity. At 1 point, constabulary had to inquire residents to extremity flooding 911 pinch emergency calls astir nan situation.

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The nationalist inferior managed to reconstruct powerfulness to nan mostly of customers, pinch astir 20o still successful nan acheronian arsenic of precocious Sunday.

“It’s really an exceptional situation,” Hydro-Québec spokesperson Jonathan Côté said successful an interview. “It’s nan benignant of point that we almost ne'er see.”

Police opportunity entree to nan intersection of de Chambly Road and nan viaduct starring to Highway 30, wherever nan collision occurred, is still off-limits to drivers Monday morning.

“We are successful nonstop interaction pinch nan Hydro-Québec teams and arsenic soon arsenic postulation tin beryllium restored, we will notify you,” nan constabulary section wrote connected its Facebook page.

— pinch files from Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines and Alessia Simona Maratta and The Canadian Press