A fun day by the water had a devastating outcome when Ontario Provincial Police responded to a toddler drowning in the St. Lawrence River last week.
On Friday, the Leeds County Detachment of the OPP responded to a drowning incident involving a toddler on Wolfe Island, just 40 minutes south of Kingston.
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Police say shortly after 9:30 a.m., they responded to a report of an unresponsive toddler who had been located in the St. Lawrence River near Stoney Point Lane.
Family members and first responders immediately initiated life-saving measures. The toddler was then transported to a regional trauma centre. The child was later pronounced dead.
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Little is known about how the child drowned.
Police say that the toddler’s identity will not be released to safeguard the privacy of the grieving family.
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