2 dead, 9 injured in Amqui, Que., pickup truck driver to be charged today

Provincial police say pedestrians hit by a pickup truck in Amqui, Que. have been transferred to a trauma unit in Quebec City.

Two people were killed and nine others were injured after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians walking beside a road in the eastern Quebec town of Amqui on Monday afternoon.

Both people who died were men — one in his 60s and the other in his 70s.

Police spokesperson Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville said Tuesday six victims were transferred by plane to the CHU de Québec-Université Laval trauma unit. 

Among the injured, three suffered serious injuries and are in critical condition and six others were being