Toronto police say a missing man who fell off a rented Jet Ski near Scarborough’s Bluffer’s Park was not wearing a life jacket and could not swim when he was knocked into the water on Sunday night.
Toronto police and members of the Canadian coast guard are continuing their search for the missing man, who investigators say fell into the water at around 9:15 p.m. on Sunday night.
Police said the man, who is believed to be in his 20s, was operating a Jet Ski with a female passenger when a big wave knocked them off the vehicle.
Duty Insp. Lhawang Jongdong told reporters that the man had given his life jacket to the woman and neither occupant of the Jet Ski could swim.
The woman, police said, began to scream for help when she could not locate the man.
Another man, who was on a separate Jet Ski in the area, heard the woman screaming for help, police said. He rescued her from the water but the male she was with was not found.
A search was conducted by police and firefighters overnight but the man was not located.
“This is at the very early stage of the investigation at this point right now,” Jongdong said. “Our focus is very much on recovering him.”
