MONTREAL

A 22-year-old man is dead after a strange car crash on Saturday night involving a couch, a sled and an oncoming vehicle.

A group of friends decided to attach a sled as well as a couch to the back of a car in the town of Saint-Benjamin, about 300 km northeast of Montreal.

The young man on the couch was killed after the piece of furniture crossed the median and was hit by an oncoming vehicle.

The two people in the sled were not injured.

The 21-year-old driver of the car fled the scene, police said. He was arrested soon after the crash and could be charged with a hit-and-run and dangerous driving causing death.

Police said alcohol was not involved in the accident.