Quebec police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old following a Friday night fall from a ski lift in the town of Morin-Heights, about 70 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
Sgt. Catherine Bernard says police were called to the local ski resort at around 10 p.m. for an incident involving a teen.
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Bernard says ski resort employees and first responders tried to resuscitate the boy until he was brought to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators are working to understand the exact circumstances of the teen’s death, and Bernard says a forensic team was dispatched to the ski hill, whose name police have not disclosed.
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However, she says there’s so far no indication of any criminal elements in the case.
She adds police are examining several possible reasons for the boy’s fall, including a faint.
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