Misfortune seems to be dogging the family of a 5-year-old girl who tragically drowned on Monday in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, barely three months after the death of her own dad in a car accident. road.
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“Tonight mum won’t be here to say goodnight, to hug you and remind you how much I love you my princess. I am devastated, demolished, dead inside”, wrote the mother of little Léana, attaching to her Facebook post a photo of the “love of her life”, displaying a broad smile.
“Another angel gone [beaucoup] too soon,” she laments.
To accompany her Facebook post, Léana’s mother posted this photo of the “love of her life”, showing a big smile, hickey in hand.
Photo taken from the Magg Hb Facebook account
It was not far from the house of this mother of four children that the inconceivable happened, around 6:30 p.m., in the greenish water swimming pool of a neighboring residence, on Principale Street.
“I was in the house when I heard my eldest daughter screaming horribly in the yard. When I came out, I saw her trying to resuscitate our little neighbour,” told the Log the owner of the residence where the incident took place, Kasuku Aluma.
Her children used to hang out with little Léana’s brothers and sisters, who went to the same school, she adds. On Monday, the little ones were having fun together when tragedy struck.
“The little one is not often with the others. I didn’t know she was in my yard. I don’t know what happened”, let M helplessly drop.me Aluma.
not ready
The children had to be at the park with her 20-year-old daughter. However, for a still unknown reason, the 5-year-old girl found herself in the pool, which was not yet ready for swimming.
“It’s terrible what happened. Drowning happens so quickly. I don’t wish that on anyone, ”resigns Mme Aluma.
Despite resuscitation maneuvers, the death of the girl was found in the hospital and confirmed by the Sûreté du Québec.
Emergency services tried to resuscitate little Léana after she was pulled from the pool. His death was unfortunately later confirmed by the authorities.
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Investigations by the provincial police and the coroner’s office will take stock of the circumstances of Léana’s death.
Three months after his father
This tragedy comes just three months after Léana’s father, Guillaume Michaud, lost his life in a road accident.
The 27-year-old man died after hitting a Hydro-Quebec pole on March 25, several media reported.
“Your big daughter loves you very much, she’s a real ray of sunshine and I hope that from up there you can see her flourish despite everything”, wrote the mother of little Léana, less than 10 days before any parent’s nightmare to happen.
Guillaume Michaud, who died in a road accident last March, along with his daughter Léana, who died by drowning on Monday evening.
Photo taken from Guillaume Michaud’s Facebook account
At the time of this writing, Tuesday afternoon, the Lifesaving Society recorded 36 unofficial drownings, compared to 27 at the same time last year.
Over the Saint-Jean long weekend alone, five people died on Quebec bodies of water, reported The newspaper.