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CTV News
20-07-2025
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Boater charged after crashing into and ‘seriously' injuring swimmer: OPP
Provincial police are investigating a boat crash in Muskoka Lakes Township on Saturday that resulted in a boater getting charged and a swimmer getting hospitalized. According to Bracebridge OPP, officers and emergency services received several calls just before 5 p.m. about a collision on Skeleton Lake near Skeleton Lake Road 5. The callers reported that a boat crashed into a swimmer and people on shore managed to bring the swimmer out of the water. Police say emergency services responded quickly to the scene and the 22-year-old male swimmer from Georgina was eventually airlifted to a Toronto hospital with life-threatening injuries. Officers then located and arrested the boater, a 39-year-old man from Niagara Falls. He was charged with impaired operation causing bodily harm, failing to stop at an accident causing bodily harm, refusing to comply with a demand, and failing to comply with a release order. The accused was held in custody pending a bail hearing on Sunday. 'Impaired driving continues to be a significant factor affecting the safety of Muskoka roads,' repeated Const. Samantha Bigley from Bracebridge OPP in a media release. 'If you suspect someone is driving a vehicle of any kind while impaired, please call 9-1-1.' Perpetrators face the same fines for impaired boating as they do for impaired driving.
CTV News
12-07-2025
- CTV News
Fatal motorcycle crash on Hwy 11 under investigation in Muskoka
A motorcyclist has died in a collision on Highway 11 in Muskoka. A motorcyclist has died in a collision on Highway 11 in Muskoka. A section of Highway 11 was closed Friday afternoon for a fatal collision involving a motorcycle in Gravenhurst. Provincial police say the crash happened in the northbound lanes around 3 p.m. just north of Muskoka Road 169. A 51-year-old man from Niagara-on-the-Lake was thrown from the motorcycle and did not survive. Fatal motorcycle crash A deadly motorcycle crash on Highway 11 in Gravenhurst, Ont. on Fri., July 11, 2025. (Bigley, Samantha (OPP)/OPP) Highway 11 north was closed between Muskoka Road 169 and Pinedale Road for several hours throughout the afternoon and into the early evening for an investigation. The OPP said all lanes were reopened around 8 p.m.
