MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog say divers have located the body of a man who reportedly jumped in a river and died during a provincial police intervention early Sunday morning.
The incident occurred at about 1:15 a.m. after police got a call about a man allegedly using an iron bar to damage a building in Amos, in northwestern Quebec.
The Bureau des enquetes independantes said in a news release that the man ran away, and one of the officers reported seeing him throw himself into the Harricana River several moments later.
The release says the officers tried to save the man but he continued to flee and sank a moment later.
Provincial police divers recovered the body later Sunday.
The watchdog has sent five investigators to the scene to probe the circumstances surrounding the death.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 28, 2020.
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