Suspect arrested after 2 people killed in hit and run in Montreal
Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene
Montreal police have arrested a man in a fatal hit-and-run that killed two pedestrians early Monday morning at the intersection of Henri-Bourassa and de l'Acadie boulevards.
Police were alerted at around 1:20 a.m. Both victims, two men aged 30 and 31, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspected driver, a 23-year-old man, fled the scene before abandoning his car several blocks west, at the intersection of Henri-Bourassa Boulevard and Dutrisac Street, police said.
He was eventually apprehended and arrested by Montreal canine unit police officers. The suspect was taken to hospital where he met with investigators.
Witnesses reported he had been speeding before fatally striking the two pedestrians, the police force added.
The accused faces charges of dangerous driving causing death, hit and run causing death and impaired driving causing death.