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Woman dies, several injured after fishing boat strikes rocks in Manitoba lake

Published on August 31, 2009; Published on September 9, 2009
The Canadian Press ~ The News

Boat operator facing charges of impaired operation of a vessel causing death

Topics :: NORWAY HOUSE , RCMP , Manitoba , Northern Manitoba , Little Playgreen Lake

THE CANADIAN PRESS

NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - A woman was killed and several other people were injured when their fishing boat struck some rocks on a lake near Norway House in northern Manitoba.

A boat operator faces charges related to the impaired operation of a vessel causing death and bodily harm, as well as dangerous operation of a vessel.

RCMP say there were 11 people on board when the boat apparently collided with a rocky outcropping on Little Playgreen Lake Saturday night.

Many on board suffered non-life threatening injuries, but a 40-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were ejected from the boat, and a 20-year-old man was seriously hurt when he was partially thrown from the craft.

The 40-year-old managed to swim to a nearby island where he was picked up by search boats; the body of the unidentified woman was recovered Sunday.

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