Suspect arrested after 2 people killed in hit and run in Montreal

Montreal police have arrested a man in a fatalhit-and-run that killed two pedestriansearly Monday morningat the intersection of Henri-Bourassa and de l'Acadie boulevards.

Police were alerted at around 1:20 a.m.Both victims, two men aged 30 and 31, were pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspected driver, a 23-year-old man, fled the scene before abandoning his car several blocks west, at the intersection of Henri-BourassaBoulevard andDutrisac Street,police said.

He was eventually apprehended and arrested by Montrealcanine unit police officers. The suspect was taken to hospital where he met with investigators.

Witnesses reported he had been speeding before fatally striking the two pedestrians, the police force added.

The accused faces charges of dangerous driving causing death, hit and run causing death and impaired driving causing death.