Wheatley boater helps with water rescue

WHEATLEY — On August 19 at approximately 8:45 p.m., members of the Leamington Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a marine assist call in the waters of Lake Erie outside of the Wheatley Harbour.

Two males were in an 18-foot vessel and were having mechanical issues when one of the males went into medical distress.

As an officer arrived at the Wheatley Harbour, he approached another boater in the marina who was willing to go out to the boat to help bring it in to shore.

They were able to tow the boat to the harbour to awaiting paramedics on scene, where the male in distress was transported to hospital for treatment.

Thanks to the unselfish act by a boater at the Wheatley Harbour, it prevented this situation from becoming a tragic one.