Niagara police say foul play is not suspected following the death of a 50-year-old Milton, Ont., man in an afternoon drowning incident at a Port Colborne beach.
Investigators say emergency crews were called out to Sun Retreats Sherkston Shores on Empire Road at 1:15 p.m. on Labour Day Monday when witnesses said a man became distressed after swimming in Lake Erie.
The swimmer would be spotted by a helicopter in a joint rescue effort. The chopper had just come from the CNE air show in Toronto.
The man would be pronounced dead a short time later after being rushed to hospital in critical condition.
Detectives believe increased high winds and wave conditions may have contributed to the swimmer’s death.
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Detectives say reports indicate the man, believed to be in his 30s, could not be seen by witnesses minutes after falling into Lake Ontario just after 8:30 p.m.
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Officers would discover the man without vital signs about 75 metres from the shoreline around 20 minutes later.
He would later be pronounced dead at Joseph Brant Hospital.
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