1 dead, 1 critically injured in gondola crash at Quebec resort
Posted July 16, 2023 1:09 pm.
Last Updated July 16, 2023 3:27 pm.
Quebec provincial police say one person was killed and another was critically injured after a sightseeing gondola crashed into a piece of construction equipment at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort.
Police say both occupants of the gondola were thrown out and fell to the ground with the impact of the collision.
The Surete du Quebec says the injured victim was taken to a Montreal-area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The collision occurred shortly before noon. Investigators were dispatched to the scene.
In the hours after the incident, the ski resort said it was cancelling the remainder of its Tremblant Blues festival, which was scheduled to end Sunday night.
“To our community, due to an incident on the gondola today, July 16, we regret to inform you that we are canceling the remaining of the Blues and closing our activities for the day, out of respect for those involved,” the resort wrote on its Facebook page. “We thank you for your understanding.”
The mountain resort is located around 105 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
