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Impaired boater charged after Peterborough area drowning: OPP
Police say the 28-year-old operator was arrested after a passenger fell overboard, and divers later recovered the body of a 39-year-old man.
- A 39-year-old Oshawa man died Tuesday after falling from a boat into the Otonabee River near Peterborough, Ont. The incident occurred on the river Tuesday afternoon.
- The victim was not wearing a life-jacket when he went into the water Tuesday afternoon after another boat passed by while his group was travelling on the river.
- Peterborough County OPP officers responded to a 2:30 p.m. call and learned through conversations with the three passengers that the group had been drinking alcohol. An officer demanded the operator provide a breath sample.
- Divers from the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit found the man's body around 9 p.m. Tuesday and pronounced him dead on the scene.
- The operator, a 28-year-old from Whitchurch-Stouville, was arrested and faces charges of operation causing death and impaired operation with a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres.
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Man dies after falling off boat into river near Peterborough; boat operator charged
A 39-year-old Oshawa man has died after falling off a boat into the Otonabee River near Peterborough, Ont. Provincial police say the man went into the water Tuesday afternoon after another boat passed by while he and three others were travelling on the river, and that he was not wearing a life-jacket. Police say the boat’s operator was arrested after officers determined the group had been drinking, and the operator was later charged with operati…
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