Driver arrested after child dies in boating incident in the Laurentians
Posted June 2, 2024 11:25 am.
Last Updated June 3, 2024 9:30 am.
The driver of the boat involved in the death of a child in the Baskatong reservoir has been arrested, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) confirmed Sunday.
The 31-year-old man was released on a promise to appear.
“He could face charges of impaired driving causing death,” said SQ spokesperson Nicolas Scholtus.
The child’s body was recovered on Sunday, the day after the incident occured in the reservoir in the Upper Laurentians.
The initial call to the emergency services and patrol officers of the Antoine-Labelle MRC was made around 6:15 p.m., Saturday about a “boating incident.”
Police say there was only one boat involved.
“According to initial reports, one person suffered serious injuries as a result of the incident, and Sûreté du Québec divers and a water patrol went to the scene,” said SQ spokesperson Ève Brochu-Joubert. “It was during the night that divers fished out the missing person. The victim is a child under the age of five. Unfortunately, they were pronounced dead on the spot.”
Investigators and reconstructionists were dispatched to the scene to determine the causes and circumstances leading to the child’s death.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
