One of the two people seriously injured when their recreational vehicle crashed into a Quebec ferry has died.
Quebec provincial police said 40-year-old Eric Belec wasn’t able to stop the RV, which careened down an embankment and off a launch ramp before crashing in a heap on the ferry that was just pulling away from the dock in Tadoussac, Que.
His only passenger, a 40-year-old woman, remains in hospital in critical condition, according to police.
The ferry connects Tadoussac, a small community about 215 kilometres north of Quebec City, to Baie-Sainte-Catherine, on the southern side of the Saguenay. Motorists boarding the ferry on the Tadoussac side must drive down a long, steep hill.
The boarding ramp was being raised when the accident occurred, around 12:45 p.m. ET, said Yves Gauthier, spokesperson for the Tadoussac fire department.
The RV went up and over the ramp and landed on the ferry, he explained. The ferry then returned to the Tadoussac dock.
The man, who was from Laval and woman, who is from Lévis, were the only people in the RV, according to the Sûreté du Québec. Both were taken to the hospital, where police say the man died hours later.
SQ spokesperson Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu said it appears a mechanical problem led to the crash, which is under investigation.
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