Coroner identifies second victim of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean landslide in Quebec
MONTREAL – The Quebec coroner’s office confirms the identity of the woman killed in a landslide in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean province last weekend.
Pascale Racine, 44, was one of two people to die last Saturday in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 160 miles northeast of Quebec City.
Earlier this week, authorities identified the other victim killed after heavy rains triggered landslides and flooding, 48-year-old Pascal Héon.
Police divers found the two bodies on Tuesday evening.
A provincial engineer told a briefing that victims were trying to clear debris from a small landslide off a road when a larger landslide hit. A man who was with them managed to cling to a tree and was rescued.
More than 50 residents of the city had to leave their homes after the storm dumped 130 millimeters of rain in two hours.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on July 7, 2023.
