Gary Kendall, Dead after Water Rescue Training
A Saturday Water Rescue Training Session turned fatal after a Point Edward Firefighter became trapped under the ice.
51 year old Gary Kendall of Point Edward died Sunday from injuries sustained during the training session.
The firefighters were at Waterfront Park near the Sarnia water treatment plant, when Kendall became trapped under the ice. Other firefighters pulled him from the water and he was treated in hospital, police said.
Due to the incident the ministry of labour has been contacted, and Provincial police are also investigating. This serves as a lesson of the dangers of water rescue in the winter and police advise that people stay off frozen bodies of water.
Members of the fire department were "in no position to talk," said Jones. "They lost one of their own