1000’s of {dollars} have been raised to help the household of a world pupil who drowned in Peterborough, Ont., on Canada Day.
The Peterborough Police Service says that night, the person was with buddies when he entered the Otonabee River from the shore of Little Lake. Nonetheless, he went beneath the water and didn’t resurface.
A pal tried to assist the sufferer by leaping into the river from the prepare bridge. Nonetheless, he was unsuccessful and was taken to hospital for remedy, police mentioned.
The physique of a 23-year-old man was recovered by OPP divers a day later, police mentioned.
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Police didn’t establish the sufferer. Nonetheless, a GoFundMe web page says identifies the sufferer as Jashkumar Jitenkumar Patel, a world pupil attending Fleming Faculty in Peterborough.
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The web page’s creator Jay Patel says “Jash” entered the water from the shore however “panicked because of the high water current and started drowning.”
Ontario Chronicle has reached out to Patel for extra info.
Patel says the tragedy has left behind a “shattered community” of buddies and a devastated household abroad. The web page features a copy of the affirmation of a sudden demise from the Peterborough Police Service’s sufferer providers.
“His infectious smile and unwavering determination to succeed in his studies and contribute to his community will forever be cherished by those who knew him,” Patel mentioned.
“Now, as his loved ones navigate this unimaginable loss, they face the daunting task of arranging for Jash’s final journey home.”
Patel says help will assist rejoice the lifetime of a “remarkable young, hardworking, promising man whose light was extinguished far too soon.”
The fundraising marketing campaign has a $70,000 objective and as of Friday night had raised greater than $41,900.
As of noontime Sunday, greater than $56,000 had been donated.
— extra to come back
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