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OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit resumes search for man missing on Rice Lake

KAWARTHA LAKES-The OPP Underwater Search and Recovery (USRU)Unit resumes their search this morning for a man missing after a boat capsized on Rice Lake.

Police say they got the call shortly before 7:00 am on Saturday. A boat with three males on board lost control while travelling on Rice Lake near Wood Duck Drive, One male was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries, one male was transported by air ambulance to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries and one male is unaccounted for according to Police.

The OPP Marine Unit, Otonabee-South Monaghan Fire Department and a helicopter from OPP Aviation Services searched the area for the missing male yesterday. The USRU joined in the search later in the day. As night fell the search was called off for the night.

The USRU is resuming the search this morning.

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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