Quebec Man Dead After Out-Of-Control RV Crashes Into Quebec Ferry: Police

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Jun, 2019 07:38 PM

TADOUSSAC, Que. — One of the two people seriously injured when their recreational vehicle crashed into a Quebec ferry has died.

Quebec provincial police said 40-year-old Eric Belec wasn't able to stop the RV, which careened down an embankment and off a launch ramp before crashing in a heap on the ferry that was just pulling away from the dock in Tadoussac, Que.

Belec died in hospital Monday evening. A 40-year-old female passenger remained in hospital in critical condition Tuesday morning.

The accident at the Tadoussac pier, about 250 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, cancelled ferry crossings to Baie-Sainte-Catherine for several hours before service resumed late Monday evening with a single ferry.

Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu of the Quebec provincial police said mechanical issues with the RV were likely to blame for the crash.

The year-round service is in operation 24 hours a day to ferry vehicle traffic across the Saguenay River.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Ontario Researchers Invent Way To Store Vaccines At Higher Temperatures

HAMILTON — Ontario researchers say they've come up with a way to store vaccines at higher temperatures for weeks at a time.

Ontario Researchers Invent Way To Store Vaccines At Higher Temperatures

Mother Manjit Kaur Deo Of Accused Charged As Accessory In 2017 Murder Of B.C. Woman Kiran Dhesi

The mother of a man accused of the second-degree murder of a British Columbia woman has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder.

Mother Manjit Kaur Deo Of Accused Charged As Accessory In 2017 Murder Of B.C. Woman Kiran Dhesi

Liberals Shrugging Off Concerns About Rural Crime, Opposition MPs Charge

onservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians.

Liberals Shrugging Off Concerns About Rural Crime, Opposition MPs Charge

Regulator Investigating High Gas Prices In B.C. Has Power To Examine Gouging

British Columbia's independent energy regulator will have the power to call oil company representatives as witnesses into an investigation of high gasoline prices in the province.

Regulator Investigating High Gas Prices In B.C. Has Power To Examine Gouging

Justin Trudeau Credits Immigration For Canada’s Growing Tech Sector

Trudeau was the first keynote speaker at the four-day conference, called Collision, which is being held in Canada for the first time.

Justin Trudeau Credits Immigration For Canada’s Growing Tech Sector

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains Outlines Digital Charter With Focus On Personal Data Control

Bains made the commitment at Toronto's Empire Club of Canada as part of a rollout of a ten-point digital charter aimed at protecting privacy and personal control of data.