Police Investigate After Plane Crash Near Quebec City Leaves 2 Dead

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 Dec, 2016 11:38 AM

LEVIS, Que. — Investigators are trying to determine what caused a plane crash south of Quebec City that killed two people.

A 63-year-old Quebec man and a 21-year-old woman from France died when the two-seater Grumman AA-1 went down in a river near Levis, Que at around 2 p.m. Saturday.

Provincial and municipal police officers say they will question witnesses near the site today.

They say no hypothesis is excluded, including mechanical problems or pilot illness.

Transportation Safety Board officials have also been sent to the site.

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