(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – Members of the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Huron County Paramedic Services, and Bluewater Fire Services responded to a marine incident on June 10th north of Bayfield.
On June 10th at approximately 2:20 p.m., Huron OPP responded to a beach front address just North of Bayfield in the Municipality of Central Huron for an incident involving a pleasure craft operator in distress. When police arrived, Huron County EMS and Bluewater Fire Services personnel were performing life saving measures on an individual who had been brought to shore. A 32-year-old Bluewater resident was pronounced deceased at the scene.
While assisting at the marine emergency, a 46-year-old volunteer from Bluewater experienced a medical emergency themselves, and were transported immediately to the Goderich Hospital, where they were later pronounced deceased.
The causes of these two tragic deaths have yet to be determined, however post-mortem examinations have been scheduled for both.
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