A man out for a swim in a lake in Muskoka, Ont., is in critical condition after being hit by a boat over the weekend.
Ontario Provincial Police in Bracebridge and first responders in Muskoka received several calls Saturday that there had been a boat collision on Skeleton Lake in Muskoka Lake Township.
The crash happened near Skelton Lake Road 5 around 5 p.m.
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Callers reported that a boat had collided with a swimmer and people on shore had managed to bring the victim out of the water.
Police say first responders were on scene quickly and the victim, a 22-year-old Georgina man, was rushed to hospital.
He was then later air-lifted to a Toronto-area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Police located the driver of the vessel, a 39-year-old Niagara Falls man, and charged him with impaired operation causing bodily harm, failure to comply with a demand, failure to stop at an accident resulting in bodily harm and failure to comply with a release order.
The investigation is ongoing and police are asking anyone with information, including footage from home surveillance systems, to call Bracebridge OPP.
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