OPP Marine Unit (Image courtesy of the Ontario Provincial Police)OPP Marine Unit (Image courtesy of the Ontario Provincial Police)
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Police searching for missing swimmer

By Tamara Thornton
May 26, 2024 - 2:50pm

Search efforts are ongoing to locate a missing swimmer on Lake St. Clair.

Essex Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC), and the United States Coast Guard are currently engaged in search efforts on the lake.

Just before 4 p.m. on Saturday, police received a report from the JRCC about a swimmer who had jumped into the water from a pontoon boat and did not resurface.

Police said the missing swimmer is a 28-year-old man from St. Clair, Michigan.

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