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Police find body man who fell through ice while on toboggan towed by snowmobile

TRENT LAKES, Ont. — Provincial police say recovery divers have found the body of a man who fell through the ice on a lake in southern Ontario.

Police say he fell through the ice on Saturday afternoon in the Municipality of Trent Lakes, Ont.

They say he was on a toboggan being towed by a snowmobile when he fell into the lake.

Divers were able to recover his body on Sunday morning.

Investigators identified the man as 20-year-old Tyler Christine-Bourgeois of Azilda, Ont.

Police say snowmobile and ATV drivers should avoid lakes and rivers.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 8, 2020.

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