Man dead, woman in critical condition after gondola crash in Mont-Tremblant, Que.
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One man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after construction equipment crashed into a sightseeing gondola at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort, according to provincial police. Eric Cadotte, a spokesperson with the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), said Sunday afternoon that a male occupant died of his injuries in hospital.
One man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after construction equipment crashed into a sightseeing gondola at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort, according to provincial police.
A 911 call came in shortly after 11:30 a.m. after the construction machinery operated by a third party struck the panoramic gondola, causing the two people on board to be ejected and then fall several metres to the ground at the site, around 130 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
Eric Cadotte, a spokesperson with the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), said Sunday afternoon that a male occupant died of his injuries in hospital.
The second occupant, a woman, is still "very critically injured" and was in life-threatening condition after being sent to a hospital in Montreal, he said.
Both victims are not from the Mont-Tremblant area. No other information about their identities was released.
SQ officers with the force's major crimes unit were called to the scene, which is standard protocol, to try to determine the causes and circumstances of the crash.
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