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Yacht captain charged in connection to 2024 tourist drowning on St. Lawrence River: Montreal police
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CityNews Montreal
The captain of a yacht was in court Tuesday in connection with a fatal incident on the St. Lawrence River last year.
Montreal police say on the evening of July 6, 2024, 20 people were reportedly on a yacht for an excursion, when around 9:15 p.m., one person — a 33-year-old tourist from Colombia — fell into the river near the Jacques Cartier Bridge and died.
The tourist was not wearing a life jacket, and his body was recovered three days later near Promenade-Bellerive Park – in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
Through an investigation, SPVM was able to learn that there was a series of non-compliances regarding the yacht and its captain.
It is also possible to contact Info-Crime Montréal anonymously and confidentially at 514-393-1133 or via the reporting form available on infocrimemontreal.ca.