ZR
04-09-2017, 12:47 PM
An Etobicoke man has been charged with an impaired offence in the death of a child after a canoe accident on Muskoka River on Friday afternoon.
Bracebridge OPP and emergency services were called to the river near High Falls after a canoe with a man and eight-year-old boy overturned.
Both canoe occupants were thrown into the river and were wearing life jackets.
When emergency responders arrived they located the man who allegedly said the boy was swept away over High Falls.
The child was found and transported to hospital where he later died.
David Sillars, 37, of Etobicoke is charged with impaired operation of a vehicle causing death.
Bracebridge OPP and emergency services were called to the river near High Falls after a canoe with a man and eight-year-old boy overturned.
Both canoe occupants were thrown into the river and were wearing life jackets.
When emergency responders arrived they located the man who allegedly said the boy was swept away over High Falls.
The child was found and transported to hospital where he later died.
David Sillars, 37, of Etobicoke is charged with impaired operation of a vehicle causing death.