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Ottawa police say a nine-year-old boy drowned at Britannia Beach on Monday afternoon.
In a press release Tuesday, police said the boy was found unresponsive in the water around 3:50 p.m. Monday. Bystanders and police performed CPR until paramedics arrived and took over, police said, but the boy was declared dead at the hospital.
“If you were present at the beach when the incident occurred, had any involvement, and have not yet spoken to police, please contact the West Criminal Investigations Section at 613-236-1222, extension 2666,” police said.
It was the second drowning at Britannia Beach in the past seven days.
On May 28, Rescue crews responded to a distress call at the beach. After being rushed to hospital, a man who had been submerged was pronounced dead.
Two men were attempting to retrieve a boat that was connected to the shore with a rope. When emergency crews arrived that morning, one man was on shore and another man was underwater, tied up in the rope, according to Ottawa Fire Services public information officer Nick DeFazio.
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