Four dead, including three children, in crash southeast of Quebec City: police
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Quebec provincial police say the victims include a 29-year-old man and and three children all from the Chaudiere-Appalaches region.
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The crash took place on an unpaved, narrow road in St-Luc-de-Bellechasse, about 65 kilometres southeast of Quebec City.
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Provincial police say for a reason that remains under investigation, the vehicle slammed into a tree on a rural road in the area about 5:30 p.m.
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