One dead, one injured after plane crash in Montreal

Montreal police (SPVM) and firefighters are investigating a plane crash on Ile Ste-Helene that killed one person and injured another.

Montreal police and firefighters responded after receiving a call reporting the crash around 6 p.m..

“One person is sadly deceased in this event, and a second person is transported to the hospital,” said police spokesperson Veronique Comtois.

The small plane went down in Park Dieppe near Habitat 67, which is next to de la Concorde Bridge that leads to Ile Ste-Helene where the Osheaga Get Together music festival is taking place.

"There was a Cessna 172 that was towing a banner that was involved in an accident," said Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) spokesperson Chris Krepski.