A search is underway for the driver of a tractor and a child who’ve been missing since the vehicle went into a lake on Wednesday evening in Saint-Zénon, a town two hours north of Montreal in Quebec’s Lanaudière region.
Divers, firefighters join search efforts for 2 missing since Wednesday
Shaki Sutharsan · CBC News · Posted: Dec 25, 2025 1:19 PM EST | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago
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Sûreté du Québec says search efforts, including firefighters, began after a tractor sank in a lake a man and child were reported missing on Wednesday evening. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)
The driver of a tractor and a child are missing after the vehicle went into a lake on Wednesday evening in Saint-Zénon, a town two hours north of Montreal in Quebec’s Lanaudière region.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said a team of divers was sent to the area where the tractor was last seen. Police and divers have not yet located the individuals.
Firefighters will also be participating in the search, the provincial police service said.
Radio-Canada reported that emergency services were called to the scene at 6 p.m. ET by a relative who said they saw the incident.
The SQ said the tractor driver, a man in his 40s, had been clearing snow from a path near the lake.
A command post has been set up on site to co-ordinate search efforts, SQ spokesperson Marc Tessier said.
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Shaki Sutharsan is a reporter for CBC News. She is a 2025 CBC News Summer Scholar and has previously worked as a producer at CBC New Brunswick in Fredericton and interned with CBC’s Investigative Unit. She graduated with a bachelor’s of journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2024.
With files from Radio-Canada and The Canadian Press
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