MONTREAL – Montreal police were searching near a city bridge Monday,
investigating the case of two men who went missing after leaving a bar last
Wednesday morning.
The search for roommates Vincent Lamoureux, 20, and Hugo Pereira, 22,
focussed on the Viau bridge, which connects Montreal to Laval, and in the
Riviere des Prairies below, after pieces of an Acura were found along the
shore on the Laval side.
The two men, both from Laval, were travelling in an Acura when they were
last seen.
Police would not speculate as to if or why the car may have ended up in the
river.
“We will start by determining if the car is in fact in the water,” Montreal
police spokesperson Daniel Larcousiere told a press conference from the site
of the investigation. “From there, our collision investigators will
reconstruct the scene.”
Divers and sonar-equipped police boats were brought in to search near the
bridge.
The firefighters-in-training were reported missing last Tuesday after
visiting the bar Au Diable Vert in Montreal.
Police say nobody has heard from them since they sent text messages as they
left the bar.
