Two men died in separate drownings this weekend in Ontario



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Provincial police investigate two apparent deaths by drowning and the near-drowning of a child during the long holiday weekend.

Monday afternoon, a man was found unconscious in the water of a campground in the Township of East Zorra-Tavistock north of Woodstock, Ont.

The unidentified man was without vital signs by the time the emergency responders arrived and he was declared dead in a local hospital.

The body of a second man who reportedly drowned was found Monday from Sturgeon River in West Nipissing Municipality

Provincial Police say unidentified 57-year-old man was sitting on a chair on a wooden raft Sunday when the chair broke and it fell into the river.

Also Monday, a 13-year-old girl was found unconscious in a small lake at a campground in West Perth Township, northwest of Stratford. Emergency responders were able to resuscitate her before she was transported to the hospital in a life-threatening condition

The Canadian Press

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