A family of four, including two children aged one and two, was rescued by the RCMP overnight Thursday after crossing the American border into Canada and becoming lost in the woods in Havelock, Que.
RCMP Cpl. Martina Pillarova said the four were suffering from severe hypothermia when they were found.
“They were in a very bad state,” she said. “They were not able to move anymore. They were frozen.”
Pillarova said the family possibly became lost in the woods after crossing the border and had been walking for hours before the mother called 911.
“It was the [Sûreté du Québec] who received a call and they called us for assistance at around 3:15 in the morning,” Pillarova said.
That call, she explained, allowed police to get GPS co-ordinates of their approximate location and narrow down the search area.
They were located within an hour in the forest, sitting huddled beneath …