2 CHARGED IN FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT; O’LEARY AND SECOND BOAT OPERATOR

. Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com

PARRY SOUND — Two people have been charged in a fatal boating accident near here this summer on Lake Joe.

Provincial police said on Tuesday, Sept. 24, that they have charged boat driver Linda O’Leary, 56, with careless operation of a vessel.

She is to appear in Parry Sound court Oct. 29.

They have also charged the driver of the other boat, Richard Ruh, 57, of Orchard Park, N.Y. in suburban Buffalo.

He is charged with failing to exhibit navigation lights while underway.

The accident, Aug. 24, resulted in two deaths.

Suzana Brito, of Uxbridge, and American Gary Poltash  both died in the accident involving celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary.

More later.

Linda O’Leary was driving a boat involved in a double fatality Aug. 24 on Lake Joseph, with her husband Kevin who as a passenger. She is charged with careless operation of a vessel.

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