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Police searching for man in his 50s seen falling in rapids at Cap Saint-Jacques


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Police searching for man in his 50s seen falling in rapids at Cap Saint-Jacques

MontrealMontreal police and the members of the Coast Guard are searching for a man in his 50s after he was seen falling into some rapids at Cap Saint-Jacques in Lake of Two Mountains. 2 minors were treated for shock by Urgences Santé paramedics after witnessing what happenedCBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2020 7:18 PM ET |…

Police searching for man in his 50s seen falling in rapids at Cap Saint-Jacques

Montreal

Montreal police and the members of the Coast Guard are searching for a man in his 50s after he was seen falling into some rapids at Cap Saint-Jacques in Lake of Two Mountains. 

2 minors were treated for shock by Urgences Santé paramedics after witnessing what happened

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Firefighters, police and members of the Coast Guard participated in the search for a man who may have drowned near Cap Saint-Jacques in Montreal's West Island. (Jean-Claude Taliana/CBC)

Montreal police and members of the Coast Guard are searching for a man in his 50s after he was seen falling into some rapids at Cap Saint-Jacques on Lake of Two Mountains. 

Urgences Santé spokesperson Jean-François Coornaert said a call to emergency services came in at 2:40 p.m. after the man fell while swimming with his family. 

Crews are still searching for him. 

Urgences Santé paramedics treated two minors for shock after they witnessed what happened. 

Quebec has already had 55 reports of deaths due to drowning this year, compared to 37 at the same time last year, according to statistics from the Lifesaving Society Quebec branch.

There were a total of 58 drownings in Quebec in 2019.

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