A man who was pulled from the waters of Lake Ontario in Cobourg on Wednesday evening has died.
Police were called around 6 p.m. after someone spotted someone in the water about 200 metres offshore near Ontario and Bagot streets along Cobourg’s west beach.
The Cobourg fire department did a grid search while the Canadian Coast Guard searched the lake further out.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) from 8 Wing Trenton also attended with a helicopter to assist in the search efforts resulting in their recovery of man.
It’s believed the person had been in the water for several hours.
He was first placed in a Coast Guard boat and then taken to the marina and transported to Northumberland Hills Hospital.
“He was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital with vital signs absent where he was pronounced deceased,” stated Const. Steve Bates on Wednesday afternoon.
The victim has been identified as Ryan John-Roger Zinke, 32, of Cobourg.
Police are looking for any information prior to him being found in the water. He is described as Caucasian, standing 5-foot-8 (173cm), weighing 145 pounds (66kg) with a thin build. He was last seen wearing athletic shorts, no shirt and was known to frequent the Cobourg beach area.
The ongoing investigation is being conducted by detectives from the Northumberland Crime Unit under the direction of Detective Inspector Paul Rosato of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), Bates said.
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