SQ divers find body of 11-year-old French tourist after snowmobile goes through ice
Underwater search suspended for boy's mother, 55, after Sunday's incident in the Mauricie region
Provincial police divers have found the body of a boy who was riding on a snowmobile that went through the ice Sunday afternoon in Quebec's Mauricie region.
The 11-year-old boy's mother, 55, is still missing.
The pair, tourists from France, were snowmobiling in the Mastigouche wildlife reserve, near Saint-Aléxis-des-Monts, when the machine went through the ice into the Loup River.
The underwater search for the missing woman has been suspended, however, a provincial police helicopter may fly over the area Tuesday, if weather conditions allow.
Police said the pair was travelling with people on two other snowmobiles, including a guide who contacted emergency services at around 4:45 p.m. Sunday.
Another fatality in Portneuf
In a separate snowmobiling accident on Saturday, a 49-year-old man was killed and a woman was left in critical condition after the snowmobilists went off a trail near Rivière-à-Pierre, in Portneuf county, northwest of Quebec City.
With files from Radio-Canada