RCMP Dive Team Searches For Missing Man After Vancouver Island Boating Incident On Sproat Lake

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 Jul, 2015 02:00 PM

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — One man is missing and another is in hospital following a boating accident on Vancouver Island.

Port Alberni RCMP say they launched their police craft around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday in response to reports of an on-the-water incident on Sproat Lake (in the Alberni Valley).

Quick-acting bystanders were able to rescue one man from the lake.

He was later airlifted to hospital in Victoria.

A police dive team is searching for a second, 41-year-old man who was onboard the boat at the time of the accident.

Police say they don't yet know how or why the boat sank but that an investigation is underway.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Fired B.C. Workers Call For Public Inquiry Into Health Research Debacle

In a letter to Health Minister Terry Lake, the seven workers and the sister of a man who killed himself shortly after being dismissed said the inquiry must have the power and authority to subpoena people and get statements under oath.

Fired B.C. Workers Call For Public Inquiry Into Health Research Debacle

Woman Remains In Serious Condition, Three Others In Hospital After Megabus Crash Near Lancaster, Ont

The Ontario Provincial Police say their investigation continues into the collision between a double-decker Megabus and a tractor-trailer Tuesday afternoon.

Woman Remains In Serious Condition, Three Others In Hospital After Megabus Crash Near Lancaster, Ont

Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong Accuses Lawyer Of Sullying Dead Wife's Reputation

VANCOUVER — Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong raised his voice and thumped his fist during testimony as he defended himself at a British Columbia Supreme Court defamation trial on Tuesday.

Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong Accuses Lawyer Of Sullying Dead Wife's Reputation

Police Complaint Commissioner Won't Hear Allegations Made By Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell

VICTORIA — British Columbia's police complaint commissioner has decided not to investigate accusations made by a Vancouver Island mayor about the conduct of municipal officers.

Police Complaint Commissioner Won't Hear Allegations Made By Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell

Kamloops Judge To Decide If Guilty Plea In Murder Case Will Stand

Forty-one-year-old Christopher Butler has been charged with the second-degree murder of 26-year-old Deanne Wheeler, whose body was discovered in an apartment last December.

Kamloops Judge To Decide If Guilty Plea In Murder Case Will Stand

Former Nova Scotia Paramedic Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 72-Year-Old Woman

Court heard that Keats sexually assaulted the woman, who was 71 years old at the time of the offence on May 26, 2013, after he and his partner responded to a call involving her husband at their home.