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CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
Teen struck and killed by small plane that crashed into boat dock in Lake Scugog
Durham police are investigating after a plane crashed into Lake Scugog on July 18, 2025. A teenager is dead after being struck by a plane that crashed into a boat dock in Lake Scugog Friday afternoon. Police said a small plane crashed near the community of Caesarea at around 12:25 p.m. Images from the scene show the aftermath of the crash, with the plane upside down resting on top of a pontoon boat. Plane crash Police tape surround a boat dock where a plane crashed in Lake Scugog on Friday, July 18, 2025. (CTV News) Durham police said the pilot and the passenger of the plane were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. The cause of the crash is unknown. Police said the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has been notified and will take over the investigation. In a deployment notice, the TSB confirmed that it was sending a team of investigators to the scene to 'gather information and assess the occurrence.'
CTV News
3 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Man, 67, rescued after his Tesla falls into river during ferry transport near Montreal
A 67-year-old man escaped from his Tesla without any serious injuries after his car fell off a ferry and into a river on the northwestern edge of Montreal Wednesday. At around 5:20 p.m., Laval police received several 911 calls about a report of a car falling into the Rivière des Prairies. Police said the car was disembarking the ferry near Laval-sur-le-Lac when a mooring line from the ferry became loose, creating a gap that caused the vehicle to fall into the water. The cable ferry Paule II travels between Laval and Île Bizard. The driver managed to get out of his vehicle and reach the shore where he was rescued by a ferry employee who jumped into the water. The driver was sent to hospital to be treated for nervous shock. Police said the vehicle was pulled out of the river and is a total loss. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday it has deployed a team of investigators to Laval to investigate the incident.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Driver escapes sinking car after Tesla falls off ferry near Montreal
A car fell off a ferry in the Montreal area on Wednesday afternoon, but its driver managed to escape the sinking vehicle and make it to shore. The car, a Tesla, fell into the water around 5:20 p.m. as it was disembarking from the Paule II, a small ferry that carries six cars between Île-Bizard and Laval, just north of Montreal. A Laval police spokesperson said one of the ferry's mooring lines detached as cars were disembarking, causing the ferry to drift away from the dock. Police say the Tesla fell into the gap. A 67-year-old man was at the wheel of the vehicle at the time. He managed to escape the car before it sank and a ferry employee jumped into the water to help him make it to shore. He was transported to the hospital to be treated for shock. The car has been removed from the water and is considered a total loss, according to police. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in a news release it was sending a team to investigate the incident.
CBC
4 days ago
- General
- CBC
Federal investigators continue to probe site of fatal N.W.T. helicopter crash
A pair of investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will continue to photograph and take measurements on Wednesday of the wreckage from a fatal helicopter crash near Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T. Jon Lee, the board's western regional manager, told CBC News the small team arrived in Yellowknife around noon Tuesday and were on scene during the afternoon and early evening gathering data and statements from eye witnesses. "Today, that's going to continue — they're going to be working with Great Slave Helicopters collecting information about both the pilot and also the technical information around the helicopter itself," Lee said. RCMP responded to the crash site, about 1.5 kilometres from Highway 3 near Behchokǫ̀, at noon Monday. They said they did CPR on the pilot, the only person in the aircraft, but he died from his injuries. The identity of that individual has not been made public. CBC News has reached out to Great Slave Helicopters about the incident. As of Wednesday morning, the company had not done an interview or made a public statement about it. N.W.T. Fire has said the helicopter was not a part of its wildfire operations. Lee said the crash happened in a burned brush area 10 kilometres east of the Behchokǫ̀'s airstrip. He said the aircraft was substantially damaged. After investigators are done assessing the site, Lee said the next step will be bringing the helicopter back to the Transportation Safety Board's offices in Edmonton for a more detailed technical examination. That will mean co-ordinating recovery with whatever salvage company is hired by an insurance adjuster, he said. Lee said their investigation will be meticulous and scientific. The TSB will collect information about the people involved, the aircraft itself, and the environment — both the operational environment and the weather. They'll determine whether any of those things contributed to the crash, and from there "areas of concern and safety issues start to emerge from that data collection." Lee said it's hard to know how long an investigation will take in the early days — it could be a year, or two years. But, he said, if something emerges from the investigation that requires immediate attention, that will happen right away — Transport Canada, Great Slave Helicopters and aircraft manufacturers don't need a final report to come out before they take action.
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Federal investigators deployed to probe WestJet engine fire at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER — Federal investigators have been deployed to Vancouver International Airport after a "small engine fire" onboard a WestJet flight from the United States. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it happened late Saturday as the plane arrived at the gate. WestJet spokeswoman Julia Kaiser says the plane flew in from Tampa, Florida, and had a "small tailpipe fire" in one of its engines after shutting down. She says about 50 passengers were still on board at the time and crews used the inflatable evacuation slides to get them to safety, adding that nobody was hurt. Airport spokeswoman Chloe Reynaud says its own first responders also were on scene and the fire was put out by the aircraft's onboard systems. Kaiser says the plane has been taken in for maintenance, and Renaud says there are no impacts to other flights or the airport's operations. "YVR personnel, as well as emergency services, WestJet staff and our airport partners, worked to reunite passengers with their baggage and provide any other needed supports," Reynaud said in a statement Sunday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 13, 2025. The Canadian Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
