A low-flying helicopter crash-landed into the Beauharnois Canal near Valleyfield just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Both occupants managed to get themselves out of the helicopter and to reach the bank of the canal to get help, said Sûreté du Québec sergeant Ingrid Asselin. They were taken to a hospital, but were not seriously injured.
Asselin could not say what the two men were doing, however, or what might have caused them to land in the water, adding the SQ is still investigating the incident.
