Man in his 40s drowns in St. Lawrence River west of Montreal
POINTE-DES-CASCADES, QUEBEC, JUL 13 – A man in his 40s drowned after slipping from a rocky outcrop without a flotation device; a woman who tried to rescue him also needed help, police said.
- Saturday, a man in his 40s drowned in the St. Lawrence River west of Montreal, after Quebec provincial police said he slipped and fell into the water.
- Quebec provincial police spokesperson Geneviève Bruneau said he walked to a rocky outcrop with a woman in her 40s, and he was not wearing any flotation device.
- Nearby boaters assisted, and the woman in her 40s also had to be rescued by people boating nearby, with her unresponsive body recovered around 1 p.m. Sunday.
- At Pointe-des-Cascades, emergency responders were called, and police said the investigation is ongoing.
- This report by The Canadian Press first published July 13, 2025, details the drowning incident at Pointe-des-Cascades involving a man in his 40s.
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