MONTREAL — A fast-thinking Good Samaritan is being credited with coming to the rescue when a woman in her 30s plunged into a Quebec river Friday night with her two children.
Montreal police say it appears the woman planned to kill herself and the little ones, ages five years and two months, when they entered the water at the Bassin des Pecheurs.
All three remain in hospital in critical condition. Their rescuer, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital for observation but is said to be in good condition.
"The hypothesis we're working on is of an attempted murder, followed by a suicide attempt," said Montreal police official Raphael Bergeron.
"All the information we've gathered would indicate that the woman slipped herself into the water, bringing her two children with her.
"It's lucky that a Good Samaritan came to their aid."
One witness said the five-year-old boy appeared to have been tied to his mother with a scarf.
Police will be questioning the father of the children to see if he can shed any clues on the woman's state of mind.
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