A 13-year-old boy has drowned after falling out of a motor boat on the Trent River on Saturday evening -- the fourth drowning incident in less than a week.
One of the boy's family members was driving the boat about 1.5 kilometres south of Campbellford, Ont. when the boat hit a large wake from another motorboat, police said.
The boy, who was not wearing a life jacket but was considered a strong swimmer, fell overboard and could not be located despite a frantic search by those who had been on board with him.
The Ontario Provincial Police were contacted around 6:15 p.m. and continue to search for the boy's body.
On June 30, two 14-year-old boys were pulled from the pool of a condominium near McCowan Road and Finch Avenue in Toronto.
One boy died immediately while the second boy was pronounced dead on Friday evening.
Early Saturday morning, Kalif Lewis, a 12-year-old boy visiting Toronto from New York succumbed to injuries he suffered while swimming in a hotel pool with teammates from his soccer team.
Shortly after arriving in the city for the Robbie International Soccer Tournament the boys, between the ages of 9 and 13, went swimming at the Crown Plaza hotel.
The boys were supervised by several adults, but there was no lifeguard on duty, police said.
Police remind boaters and swimmers of all levels of experience to be cautious around the water.
On June 29, a father of two died trying to save his 5-year-old son from drowning.
Andrew Rucinskas, 48, was walking along a Lake Huron beach with his son, Douglas, and his 8-year-old daughter when the boy, who had been walking knee deep in the water, was swept away by a current. Rucinskas swam after the boy and called to his daughter to run for help.
The bodies of the father and son have been recovered.
