Watercraft driver killed after serious crash on Ontario’s Crowe River

One personification is dormant and a 2nd is earnestly injured aft a time retired connected nan h2o turned deadly for a group of group retired connected personal watercraft earlier this week.

On Saturday, conscionable earlier 3 p.m., Central Hastings Ontario Provincial Police, nan Marmora and Lake Fire Department and Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services responded to a collision involving 2 individual watercraft connected Crowe River, adjacent Crowe Lake and Marmora.

Police opportunity a watercraft pinch 2 group connected it struck nan rear of different pinch 2 group connected it.

OPP Sgt. Ed Sanchuck says nan driver of nan watercraft successful beforehand was transported to nan infirmary by ambulance pinch superior injuries, while nan 40-year-old antheral rider from Quinte West was pronounced dead.

Sanchuck says each nan group progressive successful nan clang are adults but could not opportunity if nan drivers knew each other.

The 4 occupants were each wearing life-jackets during nan collision.

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“If you go progressive successful nan crash, nan main attraction is making judge your life-jacket is connected you because it’s excessively precocious to put it connected erstwhile you extremity up successful nan water. So it’s 1 of these things wherever we request group to make judge that they are alert of their surroundings astatine each times,” Sanchuck warns.

“My thoughts are going retired to everyone who’s been affected by this tragedy, particularly nan family members of friends.”

The collision remains nether investigation, and constabulary are asking anyone successful nan area who mightiness person video footage to interaction nan police.