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Plane Crash Victims Identified

Provincial Police say four men involved in a plane crash in Pickle Lake on Tuesday are from Quebec.
Their Lake 250 aircraft was travelling from Lac La Biche, Alberta to Trois Rivieres, Quebec.
The plane ran into trouble while trying to land, and crashed in a wooded area.
Police say the pilot, 57-year-old Michel Nadeau, 54-year-old Bernard Mailloux and 27-year-old Yanick Fournier were killed, and the fourth passenger remains in a Winnipeg area hospital in stable condition.
The crash occured around 7:30 Tuesday night.
OPP and Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service officers located the downed plane around 3:30 Wednesday morning.
A Canadian Forces C-130 Hercules plane responded to the scene from 424 Squadron in Trenton.
Four search and rescue technicians parachuted in the scene to assist with extrication and medical attention.
All of the victims were from Trois Rivieres.

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