A second teenage girl has been pronounced dead following a jet ski incident on Lake St. Clair.
Lakeshore OPP confirmed the 16-year-old, who was air lifted to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries, has died as a result. The 16-year-old was visiting from Calgary, police said in a news release.
In a social media post, the family remembered Ava Sussums.
“Ava always wanted to help people and was so beautiful, funny, kind, and had the biggest heart in the world,” her mother, Leesha, wrote.
“She always wanted to do something when she grew up to help kids, so we thought that it would be an amazing legacy for her to be an organ donor.”
The post continues, saying through becoming an organ donor, 75 to 90 children and women will be helped.
“We take comfort in knowing our sweet girl is going to help so many, and live on through so many others,” Leesha said.
“It has been a blessing and a privilege being her parents and her big brother. We know we have tough days ahead, but we have each other to lean on and get through this, and Ava has already been giving us signs that she is here with us and all around us.”
17-year-old Hailey Scatterty, Sussums’ cousin, was pronounced dead in hospital after the incident.
Two girls, 15 and 17, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No update on their condition has been provided by police.
The collision took place on Aug. 14 when a jet ski hit a break wall.
