
The investigation continues following a tragic collision on Lake St Clair.
According to Lakeshore OPP, emergency crews responded to a collision involving a single personal watercraft near Couture Beach in the Municipality of Lakeshore around 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon.
Four people were rescued from the lake. A 17-year-old girl was rushed to hospital but later pronounced dead.
A second girl, aged 16, was also taken to hospital then air-lifted to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.
Two others girls, aged 15 and 17, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
West Region OPP Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement (TIME) Team is assisting Essex County OPP Marine Unit and members from the Lakeshore OPP Detachment with the investigation.
Investigators are asking anyone who has any information on this investigation to contact Lakeshore OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
