Two Montreal men die after third-floor balcony railing gives way

December 06, 2015 - 1:11 PM

MONTREAL - Two Montreal men are dead and another is in critical condition after the railing of a third-floor apartment balcony gave way early Sunday morning.

They fell about 10 metres.

Montreal police say the men who died were aged 32 and 23, while the other man is 26.

One of the men died on impact and the other died of his injuries in hospital.

The cause of the collapse is unknown.

News from © The Canadian Press, 2015

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