Rescuers have recovered the body of a 13-year-old Mississauga boy who drowned after falling out of a motor boat on the Trent River, Saturday.
An Ontario Provincial Police search by air and water followed after the boy was thrown from a boat that hit the large wake of another boat around 6:15 p.m.
Despite a frantic search by those on board, the boy, who was a strong swimmer, but was not wearing a life jacket, could not be found.
The search concluded Sunday afternoon when a body was located in the Trent River near Blue Roof Road in the Campbellford area.
Saturday's drowning is one of at least six such incidents to be reported since last week.
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.
