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One dead after boat capsizes on Tilley Lake

Investigation is ongoing
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OPP Marine Unit file photo

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY - On June 11, 2019 at approximately 9:30 p.m., members from the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, Sault Ste. Marie OPP Marine Unit, Batchawana Fire and Rescue, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) and Ambulance responded to an overturned vessel on Tilley Lake, Unincorporated Territory, Ont.

Members attended the scene and were advised one male was accounted for, however there two males were still missing.

OPP members immediately began a ground and water search where they located one male uninjured. The search continued and as a result located the second missing male deceased.

The OPP advise the investigation is still on going.

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