A helicopter that transported a patient crashed into a North Shore lake. Four people are missing from the call while the research operations are pursuing.
According to our information, the terrible accident occurred a little before 10:30 p.m. Friday evening, north of Natashquan, on the North Shore, during an emergency transport by Airmedic.
“The intervention is underway,” said the spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec Elizabeth Marquis. According to first information, there were five people on board, four of them are missing. »»
The person who survived would have managed to extricate himself. Injured, she was transported to the hospital center. His life would not be in danger, according to the SQ.
The accident occurred in a wooded and difficult to access sector, so that the Canadian Armed Forces were requested in assistance.
A command post has been erected on the spot and specialists are doing both terrestrial and derived research.
The Transport Security Office of Canada has been notified and will investigate the Sûreté du Québec. The circumstances that would have led to the accident is not yet known.
Airmedic, a Montreal company, specializes in air medical transport. It offers aeromedical repatriation services as well as emergency evacuations or operational support.
They are the ones who go to places that are too far away to obtain the help of the 911.
It was this company that had been retained to ensure emergency transport by helicopter at the last Grand Prix in Montreal, last week.
More details to come …
