Search resumes for man who fell through ice into river in Ste-Geneviève
The Montreal police nautical patrol and a search drone will be deployed Friday as the search resumes for
a man who fell through the ice
of the Rivière des Prairies by the city’s West Island on Thursday afternoon.
Police spokesperson Anne-Sophie Simard said the nautical patrol would search the river and shoreline of the
Ste-Geneviève district where the incident occurred while the
drone would conduct an aerial search. A risk assessment was being conducted to determine if police divers could also be deployed as part of the operation.
The search for the man, one of two who fell through the ice, began after a
911 call was received around 2:35 p.m. Thursday reporting two people in distress in the waters near the Jacques Bizard Bridge.
For the moment there seems to be no criminal element involved in the incident, police said, which appears to have been accidental.