Another child, 7, was injured, but her life is not in danger.
ST-UBALDE — A nine-year-old girl died after a snow fort fell on her in a wooded area behind a house in St-Ubalde, in the regional county municipality of Portneuf.
She was building the fort with another girl, seven, when it collapsed on them. The Sûreté du Québecwas called to the house at about 2:40 p.m. Sunday, with ambulance drivers and firefighters.
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The first responders did “resuscitation manoeuvres” to try to revive the nine-year-old. She was transported to hospital, where her death was declared, SQ spokesperson Béatrice Dorsainville said on Sunday evening.
The seven-year-old child was also injured, but her life was not in danger.
“We have an investigator and the forensic identification service on site who will proceed with an analysis of the scene,” Dorsainville said.
She could not say whether the children had been in the presence of an adult when the incident took place.