Police say a a severely damaged boat was found resting on a rock ledge; search efforts continue today for two individuals believed to have been on board<\/p>\n
Two people aboard a boat that crashed in Lake Rosseau\u00a0are missing.<\/p>\n
The crash occurred Friday night at 10:40 p.m. near Backenrig Bay.<\/p>\n
“Emergency crews attended the scene and located a severely damaged vessel resting on a rock ledge,” notes a media release from the OPP.<\/p>\n
Two individuals believed to have been aboard were missing.<\/p>\n
“Extensive search efforts were immediately initiated; however, neither individual was located at the scene or in the surrounding area,” says the release.<\/p>\n
The OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) has been deployed and is assisting with search efforts on the water.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains ongoing as emergency responders work to determine the circumstances surrounding the collision and locate the vessel’s occupants.<\/p>\n
“Members of the public are asked to avoid the area and allow emergency responders to safely and thoroughly conduct their search operations,” says the release.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Bracebridge OPP at 1-888-310-1122. If you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit information online at ontariocrimestoppers.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police say a a severely damaged boat was found resting on a rock ledge; search efforts continue today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-841344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}