The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed today that the man who died in a fatal gondola crash Sunday at the Mont-Tremblant resort was a military member.
Fifty-year-old Sheldon Johnson of Kingston, Ont., was a member of the 5th Canadian Division and had served for 20 years, the military confirmed in a statement offering condolences to Johnson’s colleagues, family and friends.
Provincial police and other authorities were back at the resort about 105 kilometres northwest of Montreal today scouring the mountainside site of the crash that also left Johnson’s partner in critical condition.
The pair were thrown from the sightseeing gondola when it was struck by the mast of a drill rig that was being moved underneath….