Man charged following fatal boating incident on St. Lawrence River
A 46-year-old man from Ontario, Canada has been charged with criminal negligence causing death following a fatal boating incident on the St. Lawrence River in April. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. on April 25 when Ontario Provincial Police were alerted to a capsized boat on the river, north of Grenadier Island in Leeds and Thousand Islands Township.
The boat, a 15-foot aluminum vessel with multiple people on board, had overturned, leaving one person unaccounted for. First responders located a man in the water who was later found unresponsive and pronounced dead in a hospital. The investigation led to the charge of the 46-year-old Ontario man with criminal negligence causing death.
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