The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) confirms that two men died in an accident on the Uniforêt road between Sainte-Monique and Saint-Ludger-de-Milot. They were in a van that was recovered from the Péribonka River on Friday morning.
Police were alerted to the presence of the vehicle in the watercourse at around 8am.
The two men from Alma, about fifty years old, were friends and, according to information from the SQ, were on their way to a chalet. Her death was confirmed at the scene by paramedics on Friday morning.
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The accident occurred between Sainte-Monique and Saint-Ludger-de-Milot.
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An SQ investigator and a specialist collision police officer were dispatched to the scene to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the accident.
According to the preliminary information we have, the driver took the turn too quickly, lost control of his vehicle and ended up in the ravine.
The towing process to remove the vehicle from its unfortunate position proved to be very delicate. The forest road had to be closed.
Two tows were still required, one to get the vehicle out of the water and to the edge, and then a more powerful tow to be able to lift the vehicle onto the public road, Nancy Fournier explained.
With information from Roby St-Gelais