Body of GTA man recovered from Gravenhurst lake
CBC News
Posted: Oct 21, 2012 6:01 PM ET
Last Updated: Oct 21, 2012 6:26 PM ET
A man from the Greater Toronto Area has died after accidentally falling into a lake in cottage country over the weekend, according to Ontario Provincial Police.
Police say just before 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, a man slipped and fell down a rock face in Gravenhurst, Ont., ending up in Muldrew Lake.
The people who had been with the man immediately started to search for him.
Police were also called to the scene, as were members of the OPP's Underwater Search and Recovery Unit.
The underwater search members found the victim's body on Sunday morning.
On Sunday, police identified the victim as 24-year-old Aaron Inches of Bramalea, Ont.
A post-mortem examination was scheduled to take place on Sunday.
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