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Montreal-area mayor killed by swarm of wasps

The mayor of a suburb of Montreal has been killed by a swarm of wasps. 51-year-old Lucie Roussel had been mayor of La Prairie, Quebec since 2005. A family friend reported Roussel inadvertently stepped on a wasp nest at her cottage in Stratford, Quebec on Sunday. She was pronounced dead in hospital. Roussel leaves behind two teenagers. She had served on La Prairie’s town council since 1999 and was in her third term as mayor. Flags at the town hall were flying at half-mast Monday.

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