MONTREAL — Emergency services are at the scene after a man fell through the ice on the St. Lawrence River in Lachine Wednesday afternoon.
According to Montreal police spokesperson Anie Lemieux, two witnesses, a man and a woman, called 911 after seeing a man fall through the ice near Parc St. Louis, just off St. Joseph Boulevard and 34th Avenue.
He then disappeared under the water.
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When emergency services arrived, the two witnesses were transferred to hospital to be treated for shock.
A Montreal police boat was still searching the river for any signs of the body at 4:30 p.m.
Investigators could be seen poking and prodding under the ice.
An ambulance is standing by, but firefighters are no longer at the scene.
— With a file from David Sedell
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