(CENTRAL ELGIN, ON) – On August 8, 2016, at approximately 4:17 p.m., the Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Central Elgin Fire Rescue – Port Stanley, and the Thames Emergency Medical Services (EMS), were dispatched to a female being pulled out of the water at the area in Port Stanley, Ontario, known as Little Beach.
The 37-year-old female, from St Thomas, Ontario, had been swimming in approximately two feet of water on the west side of the beach, when she dove under and hit her head, losing consciousness.
The female was transported by ambulance with life-threatening injuries to hospital, where she remains.
No foul play is suspected.
