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OPP search for person who went overboard from commercial vessel in Lake Erie

An OPP underwater search and recovery unit vehicle. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press

Provincial police are continuing to search the frigid waters of Lake Erie for a person they say went overboard from a commercial vessel late Monday morning about 13 kilometres west of Long Point.

Norfolk OPP said they were notified around noon Monday about the incident by the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton. It was determined the person went overboard sometime between 10:10 a.m. and 10:20 a.m.

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Few other details have been released about the investigation. Crews searched the shoreline on Monday with negative results, police said.

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The search resumed on Tuesday by the OPP’s underwater search and recovery unit and aviation services.

Anyone with information is asked to contact OPP or Crime Stoppers.

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