{"id":2034,"date":"2017-04-01T13:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T17:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2017-04-01T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T19:06:45","slug":"snowmobiler-dies-after-going-through-ice-on-gordon-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/01\/snowmobiler-dies-after-going-through-ice-on-gordon-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowmobiler dies after going through ice on Gordon Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Apr 1, 2017 @ 13:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, March 31, 2017, shortly after 2:00 p.m. the East Algoma Thessalon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motorized snow vehicle (MSV) that went through the ice on Gordon Lake. Police learned three men on two snowmobiles went ice fishing on Gordon Lake. The lead snowmobile with the lone driver went through the ice near their destination of Flat Island.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The male was retrieved from the water with the assistance of the United States Coast Guard helicopter and Sault Ste. Marie Fire Department&#8217;s air boat.\u00a0Shortly after 4:00 p.m. he was then transported to hospital via Thessalon Algoma District Paramedic Services.\u00a0Peter VAUGHN, 53 years of age, from Echo Bay, Ontario, was later pronounce dead at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The OPP would like to remind snowmobile enthusiasts of their responsibilities and due diligence when venturing out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"133\" \/><strong>About the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)<\/strong> - The Ontario Provincial Police is<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0one of North America's largest deployed police services with more than 6,200 uniformed officers, 3,100 civilian employees and 800 Auxiliary officers. They\u00a0provide essential services that ensure the safety and security of the people of the Province of Ontario.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 1, 2017 @ 13:25 On Friday, March 31, 2017, shortly after 2:00 p.m. the East Algoma Thessalon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motorized snow vehicle (MSV) that went through the ice on Gordon Lake. Police learned three men on two snowmobiles went ice fishing on Gordon Lake. The lead snowmobile with the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[268],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district","category-news","tag-gordon-lake"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 14:39:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2035,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions\/2035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}