Paddleboarder not wearing life jacket drowns west of Montreal: Quebec police

A woman rows her paddleboard as the weather warms. FILE PHOTO (Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press)

Quebec provincial police (SQ) say that the man who drowned while paddleboarding west of Montreal was not wearing a lifejacket, even though he had one on his board.

The SQ said that the 40-year-old man was located at around 2 p.m. in the St-Charles River where he was paddleboarding before he fell into the water.

The man’s body was discovered near Masson Bridge along the shoreline.

Police said he had a lifejacket on his board but was not wearing it when he fell into the water.

The man was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

It is the second drowning reported in the region since the heat wave hit Montreal on the weekend.

On Monday, a young man drowned near Verdun Beach in Montreal, which was the second drowning at the beach since the beginning of June.

In addition, a search is underway at Cap-Saint-Jacques Beach in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough after a 911 call about a person possibly in distress on Monday night.