Calls for caution after diving accident kills man in Laval
It’s been nearly two years since William Montpetit’s accident when the 21-year-old broke his C5 and C6 vertebrae after he dove into a swimming pool.“Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, but you just have to go day by day,” said Montpetit.
According to the Quebec lifesaving society, there are on average, about 10 diving accidents a year in Quebec that result in either injury or death. And in most cases, the victims are men.A doctor with Sacré-Coeur hospital says though deaths don’t happen often, the injuries that can arise from a bad dive are life changingStory continues below advertisement
Now quadriplegic, Montpetit says he regrets diving carelessly that day, and it saddens him to hear accidents like his are still occurring.
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