TORONTO – A tour guide died and five French tourists were missing after a group of snowmobilers plunged through the ice into the water near Québec’s Lac-Saint-Jean on Tuesday, police said.
Eight French snowmobilers, along with their guide, were hiking near St-Henri-de-Taillon when the accident happened, the police added on Wednesday.
Three tourists were being treated for shock in a hospital in Alma, media reported. Their guide, a man in his forties, was recovered from the water by firefighters and taken to a hospital, but died on Wednesday.
Police said a search was under way for the five tourists.(Reuters)
