22-Year-Old Drowns At Wasaga Beach After Using A Floatie Hundreds Of Metres From Shore

Ontario Provincial Police are reporting that a 22-year-old Brampton man drowned on Saturday at Wasaga Beach.

The 22-year-old was last seen hundreds of metres from the shore on a flotation device, according to the OPP.

"Friend became concerned when the flotation device was observed without the male on it. Friends of the male called 911 and a collaborative search and rescue operation ensued. The search lasted approx 2 hours," an excerpt from the police report reads.

Police revealed that the man's body was later discovered a short distance from where he was last seen by an OPP helicopter. He was immediately transferred to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The investigation is still ongoing, but police believe the man was a weak swimmer.

This was one of two deaths that were reported at the beach over the weekend. On Sunday, police say they located a man who was suffering life-threatening injuries. The man died at the scene and police are treating the incident as suspicious.

A six-year-old child also drowned this weekend

Durham Regional Police Services also reported this weekend that a six-year-old girl died after drowning in a swimming pool on June 12.

Officers were called to an Oshawa house party at around 7:00 p.m. where they were informed that the child was missing.

The girl was found in the pool. Officers performed CPR and she was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.