CALEB NICKERSON

CLARENDON Nov. 25, 2020 

A three-vehicle collision on Hwy. 148 just west of Shawville sent at least three people to hospital on Nov. 25. 

Emergency crews were called to the scene at around 6 p.m. A car travelling eastbound rear-ended a tractor and careened into the opposite lane, where it was . . .

struck by another car travelling westbound. 

“A tractor was driving down the highway, driving east, actually the one that does the snow removal in Shawville, one of them,” explained Shawville Clarendon Fire Chief Lee Laframboise. “A car hit the back of the tractor … after it hit the tractor, sort of lost control and went out right in front of a car coming the other way.”

Laframboise said that he responded with two trucks and eight firefighters. According to Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Sgt. Marc Tessier, there were no major injuries reported, but at least three people were taken to hospital.

The highway was temporarily closed while the scene was assessed and cleaned up, and was open by 9 p.m.