Police have recognized the grownup who was amongst a gaggle of 5 folks killed in a fishing accident in northeastern Quebec on Saturday.
Provincial police spokeswoman Sgt. Beatrice Dorsainville says divers discovered the physique of Keven Girard, 37, within the St. Lawrence river on Saturday night time, and he was pronounced lifeless in hospital.
Dorsainville says he lived within the village of Les Bergeronnes, which sits alongside the river’s shores about 60 kilometres southwest of the accident close to Portneuf-sur-Mer.
The man’s dying was first introduced after the our bodies of 4 kids — all older than 10 — have been discovered unresponsive on the river financial institution Saturday.
The kids have been discovered a number of hours after a 2 a.m. emergency name that day a couple of group swept up by the tide close to Portneuf-sur-Mer, a North Coast village situated about 550 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Police stated the 5 have been amongst a gaggle of 11 individuals who have been fishing for capelin on foot close to the shore once they have been caught off guard by the rising waters.
