Montreal police searching for possible drowning victim at Verdun Beach
CBC
Montreal police are searching for a 32-year-old man who may have drowned at the Verdun Beach.
Montreal police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils says several calls were made to 911 at around 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday to report a man in distress in the St. Lawrence River near the crossing of Gaétan Laberge Boulevard and Hickson Street in the Verdun borough.
Early reports suggest the man may have felt unwell while swimming.
Police and the fire department's nautical patrol began searching the area on Tuesday but were not able to locate the swimmer, according to Chèvrefils.
She said police met with witnesses. Divers from the tactical intervention group and the nautical patrol are expected to continue the operation Wednesday morning.
In June, two people died at the popular swimming spot.
In a Facebook post last month, Verdun borough mayor Marie-Andrée Mauger urged residents to limit their swimming to the beach's supervised zone.
"The weather is nice and warm, the beach is crowded, but let's remember that outside the supervised swimming area, the river is very dangerous and swimming conditions are very risky due to strong currents, variable depth and the uneven bottom," she wrote.
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