Labrador mayor who was shot in face in hunting accident has died
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Labrador’s largest community is in mourning for mayor John Hickey, who struggled by snowshoe and snowmobile to get help after being shot in the face while hunting alone.
He died late Thursday in a St. John’s hospital surrounded by family. He was 62.
His younger brother, Hubert, said it was especially tough to lose him after he’d fought so hard to live.
“He had to get out of the woods, get on the Ski-Doo, get out to the road, wave down people. He walked aboard the ambulance and then got to the hospital. By that time, he certainly was in a bad situation,” he said in an interview.