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Montreal police investigating hit-and-run in Rivière-des-Prairies

Police say a suspicious vehicle was travelling westbound on Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard when it collided with the second vehicle driving along the north access lane of Highway 25.

A 33-year-old man was transported to hospital in critical condition

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Vehicle collision scene. An SUV has hit a second smaller car, hitting it on its side. Firefighters are around the two vehicles. The smaller car, in the foreground, has its windows shattered and part of the roof missing.
Montreal police say they believe the SUV involved in the collision was stolen. (Mathieu Wagner/Radio-Canada)

Montreal police say they're investigating a hit-and-run that has left a 33-year-old man in critical condition at the hospital. 

Around 5:40 a.m., police received a 911 call reporting a two-vehicle collision on Maurice-Duplessis and Louis-H.-La Fontaine boulevards, said a spokesperson for the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, Mariane Allaire Morin.

Allaire Morin says a suspicious vehicle was travelling westbound on Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard when it collided with the second vehicle driving along the north access lane of Highway 25.

"The occupant of the possibly stolen vehicle fled on foot while a seriously injured victim was in the second vehicle," she said. 

Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to extract the victim, a 33-year-old man, from inside his car. Allaire Morin says he was rushed to hospital in critical condition.

The crime scene is currently protected and investigators will analyze it.

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