A young female snowmobiler tragically died in Mauricie this week in an accident related to her lack of experience. Her best friend now wants to make thrill-seekers aware of the dangers of snowmobiling.
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“When you get on a snowmobile, you feel invincible. It’s because of the feeling of adrenaline, but that feeling doesn’t last. You always have to be aware of the risks you’re taking,” said Mercédes Biron, 24.
Her close friend Justine Rousseau was thrown from her snowmobile during an S-turn on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the young woman was on a curve on Route No. 3 near Highway 55 when she went off the road. Then she allegedly hit a tree and her helmet broke on the spot.
After the accident, the snowmobiler was taken to a hospital, where she was in critical condition. She succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday around 3 p.m. According to SQ, the lack of experience would be an option.
“She had only been given the snowmobile in December. She was just getting started,” explained Mercédes Biron.
Saturday morning, just days after Justine Rousseau’s death, another snowmobiler in his 30s died in a snowmobile accident in Drummondville.
“Justine was my best friend, my confidante. We were always together,” confided the young woman, who shared her passion for farming with her friend.
The 19-year-old snowmobiler also had the goal of one day taking over her father’s family business.
“Justine was a ball of energy who always saw the positive in everything. She had a lot of ambition,” testified her best friend.
” [Son] The dream of becoming a farmer went a different way. Fate decided to change our expansion plans, our future projects. I will continue to be inspired [sa] great courage and [sa] determination to keep going [son] dream,” his father Guy Rousseau wrote on Facebook.
A few days after the accident, Justine’s father witnessed the birth of a female calf at the farm, which he will name Justine in honor of his daughter.
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