One of the teenage victims of a violent ATV swerve Thursday night in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean eventually succumbed to his injuries early Saturday afternoon.
Félix Girard, a young teenager whose age has not yet been confirmed by the authorities, may therefore not have had the same luck as his sister, who was by his side at the time of the accident, which occurred in a quarry around 8 p.m. in the 3rd row.
The two youths, who were wearing helmets, were in the vehicle when they lost control of the car for unexplained reasons.
The police drove to the scene of the accident on a mountain bike to evacuate the two victims. The young man was then transferred to the CHU de Sainte-Justine, where he finally died shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The young man’s death caused dismay in the small community of Lac-Saint-Jean, which has a population of just over 2,500. Many also wanted to express their support for parents through social media.
Many have also chosen to pay a direct tribute to the youngster, while several teammates from his ice hockey team, the Lynx du Pavillon Wilbrod-Dufour, have changed their profile photos in his memory.
Photo by Hébertville Weetouche’s Facebook
Many mountain biking fatalities
With the recent incident in the Jeannois, the sad death toll from mountain biking rises again. In less than a month, at least four people will have lost their lives in an accident involving such a device.
In Chaudière-Appalaches, a 93-year-old quad bike rider died from his injuries after making a turn in the Kinnear’s Mills area north of Thetford Mines on the night of June 13.
He was then thrown out of his machine after violently leaving the street.
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On the side of Charlevoix, the former CEO of Imavision Pierre Paquet was also killed on May 30 in the Éboulements sector at the wheel of an ATV.
Two days earlier, an 11-year-old girl in the Laurentians also died while aboard an SUV that ended up in a ditch.