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Police investigate after plane crash near Quebec City leaves 2 dead

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted December 11, 2016 2:07 pm

Updated December 11, 2016 10:47 pm

1 min read

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Click to play video: 'Police investigate plane crash near Quebec City' — WATCH: Police are investigating after a small plane with two people on board crashed in a river in Lévis Saturday afternoon, killing both occupants – Dec 11, 2016

Investigators are trying to determine what caused a plane crash south of Quebec City that killed two people.

A 63-year-old Quebec man and a 21-year-old woman from France died when the two-seater Grumman AA-1 went down in a river near Lévis,Que at around 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Provincial and municipal police officers say they will question witnesses near the site today.

They say no hypothesis is excluded, including mechanical problems or pilot illness.

Transportation Safety Board officials have also been sent to the site.

Deploys team to air accident in Lévis, QC https://t.co/n10Yw9S9DT
— TSB of Canada (@TSBCanada) December 11, 2016

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