Search resumes for Quebec girl missing in river with the help of a drone
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The search resumed at dawn on Sunday for a 4-year-old girl who fell into the Mistassibi River in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec on Friday.
Quebec provincial police say the search for a four-year-old girl who fell in a river in the province's Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region resumed this morning.
Rescuers have been searching for the girl since she went through a fence while sledding and fell in the Mistassibi River, around 242 kilometres northwest of Quebec City, on Friday afternoon.
Police spokesman Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu says police are using a drone today, which can access areas that are difficult to reach on foot.
He says the search has been complicated by the winter conditions and the terrain of the riverbank, which requires divers to use a crane to access the water.
Beaulieu wouldn't say whether police still hope to find the girl alive.
The child was sledding with her mother when she slipped through a barrier along the riverbank and ended up in the water.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Dec. 24, 2023.
