2 killed in early morning accident in Whitehorse

Yukon RCMP say two teenagers were killed early Monday morning, in a single vehicle crash on Hamilton Boulevard in Whitehorse.

And police say in a news release that impaired driving charges are pending against the 20-year-old man who was driving the vehicle.

The accident happened at about 6:30 a.m., about one kilometre south of Bigway Foods, near Falcon Drive.

Police arrived to find an 18-year-old man and an 18-year-woman, both passengers in the vehicle, dead at the scene. They have not been named by police.

Amale passenger was also assessed at the scene, andanother male passenger was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver was arrested and taken to hospital, then later released into police custody.

A section of Hamilton Boulevard was closed in both directions for several hours after the accident. The road reopened to traffic just after 2 p.m.

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