A person who has disappeared near a beach in Montreal

A police intervention was underway Tuesday evening at Cap-Saint-Jacques beach to find. Moreover, a person who may have drowned while the place was crowded due to the heat.

“There were so many people at the beach. Therefore, it was crowded, one wonders how it could happen as the water is not very deep there,” said the young Yassine, who preferred to silence his last name.

Around 6:40 p.m.. However, while the heat and humidity were still particularly high, the beach of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro district had to be completely emptied for a research operation.

Photo Marianne person who disappeared near beach Langlois

“People have observed a person who seemed in distress in the water, we do not know if it is a man or a woman. Research is underway, ”commented Véronique Dubuc, a publicist for the police service in the city of Montreal (SPVM).

On the spot, police, ambulances, firefighters and the coastal guard were deployed.

According to several witnesses, the place was crowded, even more than the day before.

Photo Marianne Langlois

“Many people were swimming outside the delimitation, in the out -of -surveillance area, and that led to others to want to do the same,” person who disappeared near beach said Journal Another man, who preferred to keep anonymity.

While fireworks of the national holiday resounded in the bay. research continued both on the water and in the edge of the beach.

Several people still dragged around the beach and in a small rest area around 8 p.m., but the frenzy of the day has given way to silence.

It would be the 26^e Driving in the summer. the second to occur in two days, while another person lost their lives at Verdun beach on Monday.

Land research was to continue overnight, while those on the water should resume on Wednesday morning.