Man dies after plummeting 5 storeys during charity fundraiser in Montreal

A 33-year-old man has died after falling from a building in downtown Montreal Saturday while involved ina charity fundraising event, according to Quebec'semergency medical services(UrgencesSant).

First responders say he was face-firstrappelling, or deepelling, down the side of the building when he fell five storeys.

The man was involved ina fundraiser called Jumping for Freedom put on by the Montreal branch of Amnesty International.

"Amember of thedeepellingteam, the company in charge of the activity, lost his life," said Amnesty International in a statement.

"Our thoughts are with the family and we offer our most sincere condolences."

The organization posted online Saturday afternoon thatthe event had been cancelled,saying that a "major accident" hadoccurred before the start of theactivity.

The eventwas put on in collaboration with thela Maison du dveloppement durable the building from which the man fell. It's also the site of Amnesty International'sMontreal headquarters.

Authorities were called around 10 a.m. to the corner of Ste-Catherine and Clark streets where the man was pronounced dead on the scene.

Two other people were taken to hospital and treated for nervous shock.

UrgencesSantconfirms that the province'sworkplace healthandsafety board(CNESST) is taking over the investigation.

The man worked for a deepellingcompany called Dcalade. In a statement, the enterprise said it plans to conduct its own internal investigation to determine the cause of death.