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Montreal police say a 52-year-old man is in stable condition and recovering after he was trapped between a building wall and a motorboat while it was getting towed on Monday morning.
Driver was reversing with a boat in tow when pedestrian got trapped
CBC News · Posted: Oct 12, 2026 11:18 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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The incident happened near the intersection of Dumas Street and Allard Street on Monday morning. (Mathieu Wagner/Radio-Canada)
Montreal police say a 52-year-old man is in stable condition and recovering after he was trapped between a building wall and a motorboat while it was getting towed on Monday morning.
The incident happened around 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of Dumas Street and Allard Street in the Sud-Ouest borough.
According to police, eyewitnesses said the driver, a 77-year-old man, was reversing with the boat in tow.
The victim, a pedestrian, was in cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived at the scene. He was rushed to hospital in critical condition. In an update later on Monday, police said the man was “out of danger.”
An investigation into the causes and circumstances leading to the incident is underway. No arrests have been made.
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