Nine people have been rescued, after a boat sank on Lake Simcoe.
Around 7 Sunday night, the South Simcoe Police Marine Unit responded to a call for persons overboard and in distress in the lake.
Officers on Marine 1 located the scene, where another boat was attempting to pull a person from the water and several other people were trying to swim towards it.
Police immediately began to pull one person at a time out of the water and with the help of the Good Samaritans, a total of nine, very cold people ranging in age from 20 to 45 were rescued, after being in the water for over an hour.
They were brought to shore and checked out by paramedics.
Police learned that the owner of the vessel had launched his 25 feet bowrider at the Barrie Marina several hours earlier, but ran into engine trouble and discovered that the boat was filling with water.
He immediately directed his eight passengers to don a life jacket and within moments the boat had sunk to the bottom of the lake.
NINE PEOPLE RESCUED AFTER BOAT SINKS IN LAKE SIMCOE:
The SSPS Marine Unit teamed up with some Good Samaritans to bring a happy ending to what could have been a tragedy.
Media Release – https://t.co/Z9uljn5FTm pic.twitter.com/0ty3GOqk3P— South Simcoe Police (@SouthSimcoePS) June 29, 2020
