Two people were missing after a helicopter crashed into a lake in eastern Canada on Dec. 3's night, reports said on Dec. 4.

The helicopter, carrying four people, crashed into Lac Simon in Quebec province, about 75 km northeast of national capital Ottawa, Quebec provincial police said.

Two people managed to swim to shore and were taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia, but two others were still missing.

Police divers were expected to search the lake on Dec. 4.