A five female kayaker dead and a one male kayaker is missing after their empty kayaks were found in a section of the Credit River in Caledon earlier today
Peel paramedics, Halton police and Caledon OPP are seen on the banks of the Credit River after one woman was pronounced dead on the scene after a kayaking accident near Winston Churchill Blvd. in Halton Hills Sunday afternoon. Police are searching for the body of a second person, a man, paramedics said. Their empty kayaks were found stuck in the ice of the Credit.
Andrew Collins for the Toronto Star
By Jackie Hong Staff Reporter
A woman is dead and a man is missing after their empty kayaks were found stuck in the ice of the Credit River near the Caledon-Halton Hills border Sunday afternoon.
Emergency crews responded to a section of the Credit River near Winston Churchill Blvd. and King St. at 2:50 p.m. after a receiving a complaint about two empty kayaks stuck in the middle of the river, according to the Ontario Provincial Police.
Crews later recovered the body of a female kayaker. She was pronounced dead on scene, Peel paramedics said.
Paramedics said police were searching for another body, but on Sunday evening, an OPP spokesperson could not confirm whether the search for male kayaker is being treated as a rescue or recovery mission.
OPP Aviation Services, Emergency Response Team members and K9 and patrol officers are currently searching for the male and will deploy more resources, including the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, Monday morning.
The name of the female kayaker has not been released pending notification of next of kin.
Jackie Hong is a former Toronto Star staff reporter.
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