A recovery mission in the Alberni Valley has ended in tragedy after a serious boat accident on Sproat Lake Saturday afternoon.
Port Alberni RCMP say they retrieved the body of a missing boater from the bottom of the lake Sunday morning.
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The man was in a speedboat with one other person when it flipped and splintered into pieces on Sproat Lake, sending the two of them flying.
Quick-acting bystanders were able to rescue one man from the lake. He was airlifted to a Victoria hospital with serious injuries.
RCMP say the deceased man was 41-years-old, but have not released his identity.
The circumstances around the crash remain under investigation.
-with files from Canadian Press
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