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Scarborough man, 25, drowns in Lake Ontario: OPP | CBC News

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A Scarborough man has died after drowning in Lake Ontario in Cobourg, Ont., roughly 120 kilometres east of Toronto, police say.

Police received report of a person in distress in the water near Cobourg, Ont., pier

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Ontario Provincial Police say a man went under the water on Saturday afternoon in Lake Ontario in Cobourg and did not resurface. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)

A Scarborough man has died after drowning in Lake Ontario in Cobourg, roughly 120 kilometres east of Toronto, police say.

In a news release Sunday, the Northumberland detachment of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said they were called to the east side of the pier in Cobourg shortly after 4 p.m., for report of a person in distress in the water.

Police said the person went under the water and did not resurface.

Emergency crews searched the waterways and found a man who was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after.

Officers have not identified the man but say he is a 25-year-old from Scarborough.

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