SQ officer Katia Hadouchi is shown in a photo released on Thursday Sept. 27, 2012. Hadouchi was killed on duty after her patrol car crashed into two trees on Wednesday evening.Handout/The Canadian Press
A Quebec provincial police officer is dead after her patrol car crashed into two trees on Wednesday evening.
Katia Hadouchi was alone in the cruiser and responding to a call about domestic violence when the crash occurred.
Police have not yet indicated what may have caused the 23-year-old officer to lose control of the vehicle.
No other vehicles were involved in the accident.
Ms. Hadouchi died later in hospital.
The accident occurred in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, northeast of Montreal.