Release of the coroner's report concerning the death of the five French tourists on January 21, 2020 in Lac Saint-Jean: the Fédération des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec invites snowmobilers to be careful

Release of the coroner's report concerning the death of the five French tourists on January 21, 2020 in Lac Saint-Jean: the Fédération des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec invites snowmobilers to be careful

PRESS RELEASE 

Release of the coroner's report concerning the death of the five French tourists on January 21, 2020 in Lac Saint-Jean: the Fédération des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec invites snowmobilers to be careful

Terrebonne, August 28th, 2021 – The Federation acknowledges the coroner's report on the tragic event in Lac-Saint-Jean and intends to discuss it with its member clubs. From the outset, the Federation reiterates that safety remains the highest collective priority of all partners involved in snowmobiling. The Federation intends to pay particular attention to all of the coroner's recommendations and to put in place all appropriate measures to ensure even safer snowmobiling in order to prevent such unfortunate events from happening again. 

About the FCMQ

The Fédération des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec is a non-profit organization with over forty-six years of service. It is dedicated to the development and promotion of safe snowmobiling throughout Quebec. The FCMQ defends the interests of its 197 member clubs and their 100,000 snowmobiling members, as well as those of all individuals, whether they are initiated or uninitiated snowmobilers or simply tourists. More than 4,500 volunteers devote nearly 800,000 hours each year to the maintenance of the provincial snowmobile trail network. 

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Press release HERE