Deadly boating accident

The BC Coroners Service is investigating the death of a man in his late 70s near Hornby Island on Tuesday. Paramedics, including an air ambulance, responded to the scene at approximately 5 p.m. and transported one person to hospital.

The Canadian Coast Guard says it sent a fast rescue craft to the south end of Hornby after reports of a boating accident.

Hornby Island Fire Rescue says it was dispatched to a patient suffering from hypothermia after a boat overturned. The fire service says that while en route to the scene, firefighters received word of a second patient who was possibly dead.

Read at CTV News…