(Dolbeau-Mistassini) The search was suspended Tuesday evening, for a fifth day after a 4-year-old girl fell into the Mistassibi River, in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
Efforts to find the girl will resume Wednesday morning, in the presence of a small team.
“We are going to have a nautical team that will crisscross the Mistassibi, in places where the river is still clear. And there will be police officers at observation points who will ensure that if the little girl resurfaces, at that time, we will be able to see her,” indicated Sergeant Hugues Beaulieu, spokesperson. of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
It is now a recovery location mission, he said.
Around twenty police officers were on duty on Tuesday, as well as a drone and a nautical team. The search was suspended for safety reasons as darkness fell.
On Monday afternoon, the SQ released, with the family’s agreement, a photo of the girl’s clothing at the time of her disappearance, calling on residents and citizens traveling near the river to contact the police. if they saw clothes similar to those in the photo.
The little girl was wearing a multi-colored winter coat, as well as blue snow pants.
The search continues without the divers since all the work they could do has been done, Mr. Beaulieu said on Monday.
Friday, December 22, emergency services were called to the place where the little girl was sliding with her mother, in Dolbeau-Mistassini, when the tragedy occurred around 2:30 p.m., near a hiking trail located near Route 169.
It was at this point that the child was unable to stop his course, passing through the mesh of a guardrail installed along the bank and then finding himself in the waters of the river.