One dead after personal watercraft crash in eastern Ontario, police say

Canadian Press

Published Oct 06, 2024 • 1 minute read

A transport truck crosses over the Thousand Islands Bridge from United States, back into Ontario as a boat passes by underneath on June 23, 2021. Photo by JESSICA MUNRO /Postmedia Network files

DARLINGSIDE, Ont. — Police in eastern Ontario say a 21-year-old man is dead after a personal watercraft crash.

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Ontario Provincial Police say they received a report of a crash on the St. Lawrence River involving a personal watercraft just before 6 a.m. on Sunday.

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Officers from the Leeds County detachment are investigating and say it happened among a group of small islands, just west of the Thousand Islands Bridge, between the mainland and Hill Island.

Police believe the watercraft had two people on board when it collided with an obstacle some time overnight and the passenger swam to shore to get help.

A group in a boat searched the water and found the driver with no vital signs.

Police say he was brought to shore and pronounced dead.

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