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1 teen killed, 3 injured in crash near Thurso, Que.

Emergency crews respond to a fatal crash in Lochaber, Que., Sept. 25, 2022. (Radio-Canada - image credit)
Emergency crews respond to a fatal crash in Lochaber, Que., Sept. 25, 2022. (Radio-Canada - image credit)

A 16-year-old girl was killed and three other teens were injured Sunday in a crash following what police say was a street race in Lochaber, Que., east of Gatineau.

Emergency vehicles were called to the crash on chemin du 4e Rang du Gore shortly before 5 p.m., the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) told Radio-Canada.

According to police, two vehicles were racing when one vehicle veered off the road and ended up in a large ravine. The driver and three passengers were rushed to hospital with critical injuries, SQ spokesperson Nicolas Scholtus said.

Police said Monday morning a 16-year-old girl who was a passenger had died. They didn't release her name.

Two of the other people in the vehicle, including the 17-year-old driver, were taken to hospital in stable condition and the fourth was later discharged from hospital, the SQ said Monday.

David Pelletier/Radio-Canada
David Pelletier/Radio-Canada

Police said they'd spoken to the 18-year-old driver of the second vehicle who was not hurt. Neither were their two passengers.

Counsellors were made available to students at L'École secondaire Louis-Joseph-Papineaulocated in nearby Papineauville, Que.

Thurso is approximately 50 kilometres northeast of downtown Ottawa.