Woman dies after collision with Northern Ont. police boat early Friday morning
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A 49-year-old woman was seriously injured Friday morning when a boat she was riding in collided with a boat being driven by Ontario Provincial Police in Sudbury.
A 49-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries Friday after a boat she was riding in early in the morning collided with a boat being driven by Ontario Provincial Police in Sudbury.
"The woman died (Friday) afternoon," Special Investigations Unit spokesperson Kristy Denette said in an email to CTV News.
"A post-mortem is being scheduled."
Because a civilian was killed or injured in an interaction with police, the province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the tragedy, which took place on Nepewassi Lake.
In a news release, the SIU said Sudbury OPP were responding around 4 a.m. to a domestic violence call at a residence only accessible by watercraft on Nepewassi Lake.
“While en route to the residence, the OPP boat was involved in a collision with another watercraft,” the release said.
“The female operator of the other boat was seriously injured and taken to hospital in Sudbury. No one was seriously injured aboard the OPP boat.”
