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Toronto man drowns in Muskoka River

38-year-old drowned while swimming Monday at Kelvin Grove Park
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NEWS RELEASE
BRACEBRIDGE OPP
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Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a possible drowning at Kelvin Grove Park on the Muskoka River on Monday, August 6, 2018 at 5:10 p.m. A man had been swimming from the dock alongside the park and failed to resurface.

Police, the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), Muskoka EMS and the Bracebridge Fire Department responded and began conducting a search.

The body of a 38-year-old Toronto man was located by the USRU shortly after 7 p.m. and lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful.

A post-mortem examination was scheduled for Tuesday as a part of the investigation into his death.

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