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Google image of Riviere des Prairies, Quebec, just north of Montreal,
where a 26-year-old man went missing after a pleasure craft collided
with a ferry Saturday, August 1, 2015. (Google Maps)
The Canadian Press
Published Sunday, August 2, 2015 7:35AM EDT
MONTREAL, CANADA --
A young man is missing after a ferry and a small pleasure craft collided Saturday evening on the Riviere des Prairies just north of Montreal.
Laval police say all nine people aboard the smaller boat fell in the water, and that only eight were pulled out.
They say a 26-year-old man remains missing.
Police, firefighters and the coast guard are searching for him.
The survivors suffered mainly bruises and scratches.
A police spokesman said the pleasure craft was designed to carry only four or five people -- and that none of the nine aboard were wearing lifejackets.
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Search operations resumed Sunday morning for a man who was swept away by the current in Rivière des Prairies, following a collision between a small pleasure craft and a ferry.
The collision happened on Saturday at around 6:30 p.m. between Laval and Île-Bizard.
According to Franco Di Genova, spokesperson for Laval police, nine people were thrown overboard when the boats collided.
Urgences-Santé reports that three people were transported to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
Both Laval police and the fire department were involved in search and rescue operations Saturday night.
Divers from the Sûreté du Québec have been called in to provide assistance. Help from the Coast Guard was also solicited.
A young man is missing after a ferry and a small pleasure craft collided Saturday evening on the Riviere des Prairies just north of Montreal.
Laval police say all nine people aboard the smaller boat fell in the water, and that only eight were pulled out.
They say a 26-year-old man remains missing.
Police, firefighters and the coast guard are searching for him.
The survivors suffered mainly bruises and scratches.
A police spokesman said the pleasure craft was designed to carry only four or five people -- and that none of the nine aboard were wearing lifejackets.
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Search operations resumed Sunday morning for a man who was swept away by the current in Rivière des Prairies, following a collision between a small pleasure craft and a ferry.
The collision happened on Saturday at around 6:30 p.m. between Laval and Île-Bizard.
According to Franco Di Genova, spokesperson for Laval police, nine people were thrown overboard when the boats collided.
Urgences-Santé reports that three people were transported to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
Both Laval police and the fire department were involved in search and rescue operations Saturday night.
Divers from the Sûreté du Québec have been called in to provide assistance. Help from the Coast Guard was also solicited.