Canada
Tide sweeps away, killing four children in Canada
Police stated on Saturday that 11 persons fishing on the coast of the St. Lawrence River in Canada’s Quebec province were washed away by a tide, killing four children and leaving one man missing.
The youngsters, all over the age of ten, were discovered unconscious on the coast in the Portneuf-sur-Mer district north of Quebec City early Saturday morning.
They were transferred to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.
A man in his 30s was still missing.
At 2 a.m., emergency services were contacted, and six persons were rescued from the sea.
The occurrence happened in Canada’s Quebec’s Côte-Nord area, which encompasses much of the Saint Lawrence River’s northern bank.
