A physique has been discovered within the neighborhood the place a girl went lacking on the Ottawa River close to Pembroke, Ont. whereas kayaking Tuesday evening, in keeping with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
The physique was discovered Saturday at round 1 p.m.
“(Police) have positioned a physique within the Ottawa River within the neighborhood of the place the lacking kayaker was final noticed. ID of physique has not been confirmed. Publish-mortem to observe, drowning is the suspected reason behind loss of life. The investigation is continuous,” the OPP stated on X Saturday.
The search began Wednesday morning.
The OPP and its Underwater Search and Restoration Unit (USRU) and Sûreté du Québec marine models continued to seek for the 30-year-old woman, specializing in a stretch of the Ottawa River between Beckett and Morrison islands, which locals say is a harmful spot.
“It may be a fairly snaky and it’s extremely rocky. And all of it depends upon what the water degree is like,” stated Marc Robillard. “You do not go down there with boats. I imply you possibly can experience a kayak, in case you’re an skilled kayaker, I’d think about.”
The lady went out in a two-person kayak that had capsized Tuesday evening close to the the Freeway-148 bridge to Allumette Island.
The lady and a 34-year-old man weren’t sporting life jackets on the time the kayak capsized. The person was rescued by police, with the help of residents within the space.
With recordsdata from Ontario Chronicle Ottawa’s Dylan Dyson
