Car crash on Highway 440 in Laval leaves driver dead

Quebec provincial police closed down part of Highway 440 westbound in Laval for several hours Friday afternoon following a fatal accident.

They say a small car crashed into a tractor trailer during the Friday afternoon rush hour.

The driver of the car died.

The highway was reopened in the evening. Until then, traffic had to be re-routed onto the service road at Boulevard Industriel, near the exit for Highway 15.

Investigators are working to try to determine the cause of the crash.