{"id":563063,"date":"2026-03-26T23:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/563063\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T23:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:09:09","slug":"montreal-rescuers-search-for-man-who-fell-into-river-in-west-island-when-ice-gave-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/563063\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal rescuers search for man who fell into river in West Island when ice gave way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A rescue operation is underway in Montreal\u2019s West Island after two men fell into a river Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>One was rescued, but the other is still missing.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal police say a 911 call came in at around 2:35 p.m. about two young men in distress who had fallen into the Rivi\u00e8re des Prairies.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to the call in the \u00cele-Bizard\u2013Sainte-Genevi\u00e8ve borough near Du Pont Street, not far from Jacques-Bizard Boulevard and the bridge connecting \u00cele-Bizard to the island of Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the men had ventured out onto the ice when it gave way.<\/p>\n<p>One of the men was rescued and was conscious when transported to hospital where he is recovering, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The search for the second man is still underway. Montreal police, firefighters and Urgences-sant\u00e9 are on the scene. <\/p>\n<p>Police are patrolling the river banks, the water and the air with a drone. While the incident is considered accidental, investigators are speaking with witnesses, police say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-563063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}