Deadly holiday weekend in Quebec as police report fatal crashes, drownings
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Quebec authorities say at least 10 people lost their lives on the roads and in the water this long weekend as the province celebrated the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day holiday.
At least 10 people lost their lives on the roads and in the water in Quebec this long weekend as the province celebrated its annual Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day holiday.
Provincial police say five people died following car crashes in the Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie and Mauricie regions. They say four others are in critical condition.
The incidents include a motorcyle crash in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough, which left a 30-year-old man in critical condition, a fatal all-terrain vehicle crash in Lac-Saint-Jean, which killed a teenager, and several other car crashes.
The long weekend festivities began Thursday evening and continued to Monday. Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day fell on a Saturday this year, so much of the province had both Friday and Monday off, and others had one of the two days.
As for drownings, authorities say a 22-year-old man drowned early Friday evening in the Saint-Lawrence River near Montreal’s Verdun beach. His body was pulled from the water just before midnight by Surete du Quebec (SQ) divers.
Verdun borough mayor Marie-Andrée Mauger said the victim was swimming in a non-surveilled zone of the beach.
She issued a statement reminding people to be vigilant, saying, “The river’s current is strong, the shore is rugged, the depth of the water changes suddenly which causes a big variation in water currents, which can be fatal.”
Four other drownings were reported in the last few days. A man in his 50s died in the river in Côte-de-Beaupré, near Quebec City Saturday night.
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