Hit and run injures 2 workers at construction site in Montreal’s east end: police – Montreal

Montreal police are investigating after two workers at a construction site were injured in a hit-and-run collision Wednesday night.

Authorities were called to the scene around 10:20 p.m. after a driver hit two traffic controllers in the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough.

Police spokesperson Gabriella Youakim said the impact sent a 39-year-old man working at the site to hospital with injuries to his upper body. He is in critical condition.

The second male victim, who is also 39, suffered minor injuries.

Witnesses told police the driver drove through the construction site and hit the two workers.

No arrests have been made.

“Investigators will have to determine the causes and the circumstances of this event,” Youakim said.