Deadliest construction holiday on Quebec roads in 10 years, police say Quebec holiday road deaths hit 10-year high Aug 4, 2025 Aug 4, 2025 Updated 5 hrs ago SMS Email A Surete du Quebec police car is seen at their headquarters in Montreal, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi CMU SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say this has been the deadliest construction holiday in 10 years on the province's roads and trails.Police say 38 people died in collisions involving vehicles during the two-week period spanning July 18 to Aug. 3, including 31 on the road network.In comparison, there were 17 deaths during last year's holiday.The victims include three children under the age of 10 and one adult who died in a single vehicle crash southeast of Quebec City on Saturday. The summer construction holiday is one of the busiest travel periods of the year, with an estimated one-third of Quebecers on vacation.Police say distracted driving, speeding and driving while impaired were factors in many of the crashes. This report by ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥was first published Aug. 4, 2025. The ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥ Press. All rights reserved. SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Quebec Business Construction Disaster Justice Lifestyle More Business Stories +2 Drilling under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' town has been banned since 2010. It's coming back. UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiations Air Transat considering 80-person layoff amid financial turbulence Air Canada slashing routes out of Calgary in face of ongoing pilot shortage Here's how October's inflation data could affect mortgage renewals Holiday spending expected to slump amid inflation, economic uncertainty: report +2 Stocks climb on Wall Street as investors focus on earnings +2 Newly named Washington Post editor decides not to take job after backlash, will stay in Britain Ontario government plans to recoup COVID-19 loans to province's doctors Transat flight attendants reject tentative contract deal You might be interested in Rumours of $120-billion Canada-Mexico 'Northern Corridor' trade deal stem from AI video +5 Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series 'WKRP in Cincinnati' has died +4 Brutal arrest of Black student in Florida shows benefits of recording police from new vantage point Judge orders Trump administration to explain why order to restore Voice of America wasn't followed Latest Videos Vancouver Island blaze now wildfire of note The BC Wildfire Service says the Wesley Ridge wildfire on Vancouver Island has gro… Prime Minister Mark Carney makes appearance at Vancouver Pride parade Prime Minister Mark Carney made a surprise appearance at Vancouver’s Pride parade.… Similar Stories Vietnam automaker VinFast opens factory in India, eyeing growth in Asia Dow leaps 585 points as US stocks recover most of Friday's wipeout AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups
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