In Canada, a truck that struck a crowd resulted in the deaths of two persons and the injury of further people.
At 3 p.m. local time on Monday, police were called to the site in the northern Quebec town of Amqui.
After handing himself in to the police, the car’s 38-year-old local driver was taken into custody.
Sergeant Helene St-Pierre confirmed the two people killed were both men, one in his 60s and the other in his 70s.
![A police car and a Transport Quebec truck guard the perimeter of a fatal accident, in Amqui, Quebec, Monday, March 13, 2023. Two men died after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians beside a road, although a senior Canadian official rapidly ruled out a terrorism attack or a national security incident. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SEI_148222246-038a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=540%2C352)
![A police officer and a fireman check the perimeter of a fatal accident, in Amqui, Quebec, Monday, March 13, 2023. Two men died after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians beside a road, although a senior Canadian official rapidly ruled out a terrorism attack or a national security incident. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SEI_148222156-0780.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=540%2C360)
Among the injured, two suffered serious injuries and the seven more were being evaluated.
Ms St-Pierre said investigators and accident reconstruction experts were working to establish the circumstances of the crash.
‘Everything indicates it was an isolated incident, and that there is no more danger in the area, and there is just one suspect,’ she said.
The incident happened along St-Benoit Boulevard in Amqui, a town about 220 miles northeast of Quebec City.
![A baby stroller lies on its side by police tape on the site of a fatal accident, in Amqui, Quebec, Monday, March 13, 2023. Two men died after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians beside a road, although a senior Canadian official rapidly ruled out a terrorism attack or a national security incident. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SEI_148222136-a87a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=540%2C374)
![In this image provided by CTV News, first responders work the scene where two men died after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians who were walking beside a road in Amqui, Quebec, Monday, March 13, 2023. (CTV News via AP)](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SEI_148213691-ae13.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=540%2C359)
Pictures show large police presence at the scene, which was cordoned off with police tape. A baby stroller can also be see overturned on its side.
The regional health board confirmed that a ‘code orange’ had been declared at the Amqui hospital, which generally indicates a situation with a high number of casualties.
Meanwhile, an anonymous senior government official familiar with the matter said the incident was not terrorism or national security related.
Authorities have not yet mentioned any motive. It comes just a month after a man driving a city bus deliberately smashed into a daycare centre in Laval, killing two children.