One person is dead after a vehicle lost control and plunged into Lake Ontario in the early morning hours Saturday, according to police.
Toronto paramedics say reports came in around 3:30 a.m. that a car with two occupants had gone into the water at Polson Street.
Police said the vehicle was moving at a high rate of speed southbound on Cherry Street, approaching a bridge over Lake Ontario that was under construction.
At that point, officers say the vehicle lost control and left the roadway, entering the water.
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A male victim was successfully rescued and treated by emergency medics after being found floating in the water. His condition when he was transferred to hospital was non-life-threatening, officers said.
The other occupant of the vehicle, also male, was found at the bottom of the lake by a police diver and pronounced dead.
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The car was also found at the bottom of Lake Ontario.
Toronto Police Service is investigating and says the public can expect road closures in the area.
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