UPDATE: Houseboat owner’s body found after saving swimmer

UPDATE: Police divers have recovered the body of a houseboat owner who tried to save a female swimmer Monday evening.

Police say the victim, 40-year-old Todd Simpson, of Clarington, was recovered late Tuesday afternoon, July 3, 2018 at 5:45pm by the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit from Gravenhurst.

MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES — A houseboat owner who helped a struggling swimmer back onboard appears to have drowned Monday night.

OPP divers and marine units are searching for a man who helped a struggling swimmer back onboard.

Provincial police from the Peterborough County detachment say that emergency crews were called to Pigeon Lake in the Municipality of Trent Lakes for a boating incident, shortly after 6 p.m. July 2.

A 40-year-old male was swimming off his personal houseboat with friends and is currently unaccounted for.

The male was attempting to assist a female swimmer who was struggling in the water. The female made it back onto the boat, but the male did not.

The OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit as well as marine units from the Peterborough County OPP and the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP are assisting with the search.