Two Injured When Out-of-control Car Crashes Into Quebec Ferry At Dock: Police

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Jun, 2019 07:46 PM

TADOUSSAC, Que. — Two people were seriously injured Monday when their car crashed into a Quebec ferry.

The accident at the Tadoussac pier has cancelled ferry crossings to Baie-Sainte-Catherine until further notice.

Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu of Quebec provincial police said the driver wasn’t able to stop the car.

The accident has caused a detour for motorists travelling along Highway 138 on the Fete Nationale holiday weekend.

The year-round service is in operation 24 hours a day to ferry vehicle traffic.

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