September 27, 2003
Aircraft Accident
Sûreté du Québec
Cst. Levesque was killed in an aircraft accident while transporting a prisoner from Magdalen Islands to Gaspe. The man had been arrested for violating his parole and was being returned to Gaspe for a court appearance. The Piper Navaho plane crashed into a wooded area approximately two kilometers from the airport. The prisoner and the civilian pilot of the airplane were also killed.
Cst. Levesque was stationed at MRC Cote-de-Gaspé, Detachment and had been a police officer for 7 months.