Two men are dead and a third is in serious but stable condition after a plane crashed in northern Quebec late Sunday afternoon. The Sûreté du Québec say someone from the Cessna 206 contacted the province's private air rescue service Airmedic at 3:30 p.m. Sunday to report the crash in Rivière-Mouchalagane in the Côte-Nord region . Alain Lafontaine, 55, the senior legal counsel with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, has been identified as one of two passengers who died in the crash. Philippe St-Pierre suffered serious burns after his plane crashed Sunday afternoon. Jean Tremblay, a spokesman with the Sûreté du Québec, said investigators believe the crash occurred during takeoff.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2016 22:01 UTC