Man Missing After Ice Fall in Montreal River

Emergency crews in Montreal are hunting for a young man missing after he and a friend

fell through thin ice on the Rivier day prairies.

The accident happened Thursday afternoon near Jacques Bizarre Boulevard in the Lell Bizarre

St. Genevieve area.

One of the pair made it out and is now stable at a local hospital.

A 911 call came in around 2.35 pm, reporting the two in trouble in the cold water.

Responders pulled the first guy to safety while he was still alert, and they rushed him

for treatment right away.

Local folks are shaken by the close call on the river, especially with winter ice still

drawing risks for adventurers.

No signs point to anything suspicious, just a tragic slip up on unsafe frozen surface.

Firefighters, medical teams from Urgent Santé and city police are all in on the effort.

They've got water patrol boats, a special drone overhead, and officers combing the river

banks for any trace.

Rich teams remain out there as night falls, talking to witnesses and scanning every inch,

determined to bring the second young man home safe.

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I'm Corey with the story.