A man died and two other people were fighting for their lives last night, following an intoxication that occurred in a mobile home located on a campsite in Venise-en-Québec, in Montérégie.
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“At first glance, it does not seem linked to a crime, it seems accidental,” said Audrey-Anne Bilodeau, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
According to the latter, the emergency services were called shortly before 9 p.m. to assist four occupants of a mobile home located on the Domaine Florent campsite located on the shores of Lake Champlain in Venise-en-Québec.
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A 60-year-old lost his life while a man and a woman in their 80s were in critical condition.
A woman in her fifties was conscious when help arrived.
Everything suggests that the four people were poisoned by a toxic gas.
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One of the hypotheses favored by the responders on site is that of carbon monoxide poisoning, an odorless, colorless and tasteless gas that can prove fatal.
There were no fumes in the environment and no nearby residences had to be evacuated, police said.
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Ongoing investigation
The emergency services were still on the spot at the very end of the evening to try to understand what happened.
An investigation was still opened by the Major Crimes Division of the SQ.
She will have the task of “determining with certainty the substance in question and ensuring that it is an accidental death”, specified Audrey-Anne Bilodeau.
-With QMI Agency