Municipality of Pontiac: ice rescue

Municipality of Pontiac: ice rescue

Firefighters from the Municipality of Pontiac participated in an ice rescue last Tuesday night at Chemin des Grues.

A man ended up on the Ottawa River inside his pickup truck. The individual, spent nearly 45 minutes in the water was finally rescued with the assistance of the Ottawa City Fire Department, MRC police and local municipal firefighters.

Firefighters remind people to exercise caution on and around waterways during the spring thaw.