A man, 76, has died in hospital following a shooting and car crash this morning in the Montreal neighbourhood of Saint-Michel.

Police say the victim appeared to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Montreal police Const. André Leclerc said investigators are looking at the "circumstances that led to the gun shots, and possibly, the collision."

Police received reports of gunfire around 4:15 a.m. on Thursday at the corner of Charland and Rancourt streets.

One of the two vehicles involved in the shooting left the area at high speed when it struck another vehicle at the intersection of St-Michel and Industriel boulevards.

The other vehicle involved in the shooting, a white car, fled the scene. Police are still looking for that vehicle.

Police now say two vehicles involved in shooting; one was involved in crash a short time later; the other fled the scene —@Steverukavina

The driver of the other car, a man in his 20s, is being questioned by investigators.

Leclerc said the man is known to police.

The scene of the accident remained cordoned off Thursday morning, with a stretch of St-Michel Boulevard closed to traffic.