Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a drowning death north of Sault Ste. Marie.
Sault OPP say emergency services responded shortly after 12:15 Tuesday afternoon, after a person who was ice skating on Trout Lake went through the ice in front of a residence on Point Road in Aweres Township - while emergency services were able to recover the skater and "life saving techniques were attempted", the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
OPP have identified the deceased as 58-year-old Andre Rausch of Sault Ste. Marie.
The investigation's ongoing, under the direction of the Office of the Chief Coroner and Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, with a post-mortem examination to be held in the Sault at a later date.