Four people died in a helicopter crash on Saturday afternoon in Quebec’s Montérégie region.
The helicopter experienced difficulties shortly after taking off, crashed in a cornfield near Rang des Écossais, not far from Highway 10 in the municipality of Ste-Brigide-d’Iberville, and caught fire, according to the Sûreté du Québec. Police were called to the scene shortly after 2:30 p.m.
SQ Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau confirmed that all four people aboard were pronounced dead at the scene. Firefighters brought the fire under control within about an hour.