Police are investigating a teenage girl found dead after drowning late Friday afternoon at a water park near Montreal.
The 14-year-old was found unconscious at the base of a water slide in a man-made lake at the Super Aqua Club in Pointe-Calumet, Que., around 5 p.m., according to authorities.
The teenager was in the park with her family when she was lost, police from the Régie de police du Lac des Deux-Montagnes said.
“The young girl did not know how to swim,” said Jean-Philippe Labbe, a police inspector.
“Never swim alone is the main message we want to take home.”
Rescuers tried to revive the girl before she was taken to a hospital in St. Eustace. She was then rushed to Montreal’s Sainte-Justine Children’s Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
The death is being ruled accidental, police said, pending an investigation by the Quebec medical examiner.
On its Facebook page, the Super Aqua Club expressed its condolences to the girl’s family, saying the team was in shock and mourning.
“Our hearts go out to the victim’s family and friends. We want to express our deepest condolences to them,” it wrote early Saturday morning.
It will remain closed until the end of the weekend.
Support services will be offered to its employees, Super Aqua Club also writes.
Add Comment