RCMP officer helps rescue mom, 3 kids after crash into St. Lawrence River

Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.A sign that translates to "risk of drowning," is shown next to the St. Lawrence River in Montreal on Monday, June 26, 2023.An RCMP officer is being credited for helping a family escape from the freezing depths of the St. Lawrence River near the Ontario-Quebec border earlier this month.

The Ontario Provincial Police say a vehicle containing a four members of a family went off of County Road-2 in South Glengarry and into the St. Lawrence River on March 10 at around 9:30 p.m. A mother and her three kids, aged 20, 11 and five, were trapped inside the vehicle, which was partially submerged, according to police, adding that none of the occupants were able to swim.The oldest daughter called 911 and emergency services were headed to the scene but a local RCMP officer was nearby and arrived first.They say the family was soon in the care of paramedics but they did not suffer any physical ill effects as a result of the incident.U.N.

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