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69 Year Old Rescued From Icy Waters

(South Stormont) On 17th of March 2016 at 1:51pm Stormont Dundas and Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police responded to a report of a six wheel Argo stuck in the ice approximately 250 metres from shore with a male on board near County Road 2 at Wales Drive, Ingleside in the St. Lawrence River. Investigation revealed that the 69 year-old male went off course and found himself stuck in the icy waters. The SD&G OPP, with assistance from South Stormont Fire, contacted Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Service (Station 2) to assist with the rescue. They attended with a fan boat and successfully rescued the male and he was brought to shore uninjured.

Attached is photo with members of Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Services.