Sudbury teen dead after boat crashes near Little Current

OPP NEWS RELEASE ********************* Fatal boating mishap claims life of Sudbury teen (Lake Manitou, Manitoulin Island, Ont.) – On Wednesday July 12 at around 8 p.m.

OPP NEWS RELEASE

********************* Fatal boating mishap claims life of Sudbury teen

(Lake Manitou, Manitoulin Island, Ont.) – On Wednesday July 12 at around 8 p.m. Manitoulin OPP were advised of a serious boating collision, which occurred near Newby's Bay on Lake Manitou, 20 kilometres southwest of Little Current.

Preliminary investigation reveals that a vessel under power struck a second vessel on Lake Manitou resulting in a 17-year-old female youth from Sudbury receiving fatal injuries.

Names are not being released at this time.

Officers are presently on scene continuing the investigation.

A post-mortem examination will be taking place in Sudbury today.

Manitoulin OPP Detachment with the assistance of the OPP Northeast region traffic and marine unit and the OPP Forensic Identification Unit are investigating.

Further details will be released when they become available.

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