LA MALBAIE, Que. — A coroner’s inquest is underway into the deaths of two volunteer Quebec firefighters who perished throughout a flood rescue final Could within the Charlevoix area.
Coroner Andrée Kronström is listening to from witnesses on the courthouse in La Malbaie, Que., throughout the inquiry that can happen over a number of days in April and Could.
Kronström says the aim is to not assign blame however to raised perceive what occurred when Christopher Lavoie, 23, and Régis Lavoie, 55, misplaced their lives on Could 1, 2023.
The lads had been trying a rescue in St-Urbain, Que., northeast of Quebec Metropolis, when their amphibious car started to float within the tough waters they usually fell into the overflowing Gouffre River.
Their our bodies had been found two days later, and neither man was carrying a life vest over their firefighting gear.
A employees well being and security report concluded the firefighters lacked the coaching and gear needed to hold out a water rescue.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed April 15, 2024.
The Canadian Press
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