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Officers find missing 95-year-old Mississauga man safe

Peel Regional Police say a missing 95-year-old man was found early Thursday morning. Francis Vachon / File / The Canadian Press

Peel Regional Police say a missing 95-year-old man has been found safe.

Police said the man was last seen at the retirement home he lives at near Enola Avenue, south of Lakeshore Road East and west of Cawthra Road, at around 3:30 p.m.

Officers were called just after 8:30 p.m. and police launched a search effort. Uniformed officers as well as marine and canine units were called in to assist. Police searched nearby parks, homes and waterways.

Police said the man was found two kilometres from where he lives at around 3:45 a.m. Thursday.

He was taken to hospital for treatment.

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