N.S. boating accident leaves 1 man dead, another missing - BERITAJA

A 70-year-old man has died successful a Canada Day boating mishap connected Aylesford Lake successful Nova Scotia’s Kings County, RCMP say, while the hunt continues for a 2nd missing boater.

First responders, including the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC), responded to the incident astatine about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday.

It was reported that group had been ejected from a vessel connected the lake.

“Officers learned 5 men from Kings County were successful a vessel erstwhile 2 passengers were thrown from the alloy arsenic the aboveground conditions of the h2o changed,” RCMP said successful a release.

According to police, the 70-year-old man, who was from Aylesford, N.S., was recovered successful the h2o by a abstracted and uninvolved boater. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

As of Thursday afternoon, the hunt continues for the 2nd rider who was thrown from the boat.

“Search efforts are ongoing to find the different person, a 58-year-old man from Aylesford. JRCC, Valley Ground Search and Rescue, and Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) are engaged successful summation to the Nova Scotia RCMP Underwater Recovery Team,” RCMP said.

“There will beryllium a important beingness of constabulary and first-responders successful the area about Aylesford Lake arsenic this investigation continues.”

Police opportunity the 3 different men connected the vessel were uninjured. The investigation is ongoing.