Search for Young Girl Who Fell Into Quebec River Enters Fourth Day

Published on December 25, 2023

Quebec provincial police are resuming a search for a four-year-old girl who fell into a river in a region north of Quebec City on Dec. 22. The child was sledding with her mother in Dolbeau-Mistassini, Que., on Dec. 22 afternoon when she passed through a safety barrier and fell into the Mistassibi River. Police ground, helicopter and diving teams have been searching for the girl ever since, but paused their efforts on Dec. 23 and Dec. 24 evenings for security reasons as darkness fell. Spokesperson Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu says the search continues this morning, but that rescuers are waiting for river ice to thicken before deploying diving teams to search under ice sheets....