ELGIN COUNTY, ONTARIO, CANADA – Provincial police are searching for a missing swimmer at a park in Elgin County, Ont., after they say a Good Samaritan was able to save three others from drowning.
Officers say dispatchers sent them to Port Burwell Provincial Park at about 2 p.m. on Saturday for reports of three near drownings and a missing swimmer.
Police say two people were in the water in distress, and two others entered the water to help before they also started struggling.
They say a bystander threw them a life-saving ring located on the beach, and three of the people made it to safety.
A search is underway for the fourth person both in the water and on the shorelines.
Police say they’ll release more information as it becomes available.
