{"id":77334,"date":"2025-10-01T22:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=77334"},"modified":"2025-10-01T22:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:57:08","slug":"dryden-opp-investigation-continues-into-drownings-on-wabigoon-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/dryden-opp-investigation-continues-into-drownings-on-wabigoon-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Dryden OPP &#8211; Investigation continues into Drownings on Wabigoon Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a drowning incident on Wabigoon Lake that claimed two lives.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday September 27, at approximately 4:05 p.m. Dryden OPP responded to a call for service that two people had gone missing after entering the water and failed to surface.<\/p>\n<p>Dryden OPP, along with the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), and OPP Marine Unit responded and searched the water.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday September 28<sup>th<\/sup> at approximately 7:15 a.m., the Dryden OPP responded to a report of a body in the water at Flat Rock Park in Dryden. A five-year-old male that had entered the water the on Saturday September 27 and failed to surface was recovered from the water and pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday September 28<sup>th<\/sup> at approximately 5:50 p.m., the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) assisted with the recovery of the 28-year-old male that had entered the water on Saturday September 27 and failed to surface was recovered from the water and pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP Marine Unit, OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) and Dryden Fire assisted in the effort.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing. If you have any information that could aid the investigation, please contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a drowning incident on Wabigoon Lake that claimed two lives. 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