Father and daughter among 3 dead in helicopter crash northeast of Montreal
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — The family of two of the three people who died in a helicopter crash northeast of Montreal said Friday that words cannot fully describe the feelings of desolation and incomprehension they are experiencing.
Jean-Claude Mailhot and his daughter Janie, along with Nathalie Desrosiers, died Thursday after a helicopter they were travelling in crashed in a snow-covered field just north of Drummondville, Que.
Police said Friday the crash that killed everyone on board was not likely due to a criminal act, but investigators still didn’t know what caused the four-seater Robinson R44-model helicopter to go down.
The three were travelling from Quebec’s Beauce region to the Lanaudiere when the aircraft crashed Thursday around 9 p.m.