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Four fatal snowmobile accidents occurred across Quebec on Saturday, with causes including collisions, loss of control, and falling through ice, police said.
- On Saturday, the Sûreté du Québec said 4 snowmobile outings turned deadly across Quebec, prompting investigations.
- Causes varied by site: an alleged failure to stop at the intersection of Route 287, a loss of control on trail number five, and three snowmobilers sinking through ice on Lac La Mothe.
- At around 12:40 p.m. in Mont-Carmel and at about 9:30 p.m. in Stanbridge East, responders attempted resuscitation, firefighters combed banks, and a third rider remains missing.
- Search-and-Recovery efforts carried into Sunday as authorities confirmed multiple fatalities, including a 57-year-old snowmobiler and a 47-year-old woman pronounced dead at hospital, while SQ divers recovered a 49-year-old man from Saguenay late Sunday afternoon.
- With some causes unclear, the SQ dispatched a collision‑investigation patrol officer to analyze scenes as authorities probe causes, including a victim from Saint‑Patrice‑de‑Sherrington.
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A Black Saturday for Snowmobiling in Quebec: 4 Dead in as Many Accidents
Snowmobile outings were particularly deadly this weekend, with the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) opening investigations into four separate fatal accidents on Saturday alone. The most recent event occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Gage Road in Stanbridge East, in the Eastern Townships. “For an unknown reason, the driver of the snowmobile would have gone off the […]
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) opened investigations into four snowmobile accidents that killed four people on Saturday alone.
It was a terrible weekend on Quebec's snowmobile trails. Four people died in accidents in less than 24 hours, in four different regions. At the Sûreté du Québec and the Fédération des clubs de motos neige, a call for caution was made.
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