1 killed, 1 seriously injured in head-on collision at Farnham

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A man was killed and a woman in her 50s seriously injured in a head-on car crash early Monday morning in the eastern township of Farnham.

Sûreté du Québec said the incident occurred around midnight on Highway 104 near Bricault Rd.

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One of the drivers had to be freed from the wreckage of the car with hydraulic pliers and was pronounced dead at the scene. His age and identity were not immediately known.

Another woman in her 50s was taken to hospital in critical condition.

There were no witnesses to the crash, and state police hope to be able to question the surviving driver to determine what happened.