Police say no timeline on removing vehicle from Lake Ontario following Loyalist Township incident | 24CA News
The day after a scary incident in Loyalist Township involving a automobile going into Lake Ontario, extra particulars have emerged.
At 10 a.m. on Friday police and emergency companies mentioned they acquired calls a few car going into the lake on the intersection of County Road Six and Highway 33.
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Friday night, after police had been on the scene all day, the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) introduced that that they had pulled one physique from the water.
In a press release launched Friday night, the OPP mentioned:
“The URSU responded and recovered the body of one person who officers believe was the driver. Investigating officers do not believe there were any other occupants in the vehicle when it entered the water,”
Shocked residents of the close by space stopped and appeared Friday as police secured the scene for hours prematurely of the dive staff’s arrival.
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Following the restoration of the physique, police mentioned the car might stay within the water in the meanwhile, not less than by the weekend.
A consultant with the OPP instructed Global News {that a} towing firm has evaluated the scene, and that police are involved with the Ministry of Environment to determine how and once they’ll recuperate the car from the lake.
Police mentioned an investigation is ongoing and that, in the meanwhile, the identification of the deceased shall be stored non-public.
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