UPDATED: The search will resume Thursday morning for a swimmer who went missing in the Ottawa River at Britannia Beach. ottnews
Ottawa police and the Ottawa fire water rescue team responded to a call just after 7 p.m. Wednesday for a swimmer missing in the water."After a sonar and water search by the Ottawa Fire, the water rescue was turned over to the OPS Marine, Dive and Trail Unit who searched the water until approximately 3 a.m.," police said.
The swimmer went missing shortly after lifeguards ended their shift at the beach in Ottawa's west end at 7 p.m. The swimmer disappeared just days after a teen girl nearly drowned at the same beach. The 17-year-old was under the water for nine minutes before she was rescued and taken to hospital in critical condition.
Volunteers helped the Ottawa fire watch rescue unit and police search the Ottawa River at Britannia Beach for a missing swimmer Wednesday night.
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