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Canoe accident

2009-04-27 06:13:14

Police have identified Terry Lee Zwicker as the drowning victim of a canoe accident on a river in Queens county. RCMP Const. Allan Nickerson says the 46 year old’s floating body was found after a search of the Mersey River, near Dam No. 2. Zwicker, from Queens county, was declared deceased after being taken to Queens General Hospital on Friday evening. Police say the other man in the boat managed to swim to shore and was unharmed. RCMP say the men had been fishing and were not wearing life-jackets, although two were found in the canoe. Emergency Health Services received the call at 12:38 p.m. Friday that two men were in the water and sent two ambulances.

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