Four killed in helicopter crash close to Montreal

Four folks have died after a helicopter crashed in a small city 50km (31 miles) from Montreal, Quebec’s provincial police have instructed the BBC.

Emergency companies had been known as to Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville shortly after 14:30 native time (19:30 BST) on Saturday afternoon, the place they discovered the plane on hearth and declared its occupants useless on the scene.

The victims haven’t but been recognized however the plane seemed to be a personal helicopter, Sergeant Audrey-Anne Bilodeau stated.

An investigation into the crash is being led by the Major Crime Unit of the Sûreté du Québec, working alongside crime scene technicians in addition to investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

The crash website is situated close to the Rang des Écossais street off Highway 10, in keeping with Bilodeau.

In an emergency name, police had been notified of a helicopter in misery that will have crashed and caught hearth.

An hour after the decision, the hearth on the website had been introduced below management although officers had been nonetheless working on the crash website simply earlier than 22:00 native time (03:00 GMT).

The victims haven’t but been recognized and Sergeant Audrey-Anne Bilodeau stated this course of could “take a couple of days.”