A boat operator is facing numerous charges, after police were called to a collision on Wollaston Lake on the weekend.
Bancroft OPP was called to the lake at about 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 8. Police says it was a single-vessel collision. A passenger was ejected and injured.
The operator, a 55-year-old Kawartha Lakes man, faces Canada Shipping Act charges and Criminal Code charges.
Among the CSA charges are:
- Operating a vessel in an unsafe manner;
- Operating pleasure craft that is not licensed;
- Failure to have proof of competency on board a pleasure craft;
- Operating pleasure craft without a personal flotation device or lifejacket of appropriate size for each person on board;
- Operating pleasure craft without a personal flotation device or lifejacket of appropriate size for each person on board;
- Operating a vessel with safety equipment not readily accessible and available for immediate use.
He also faces Criminal charges of:
- Operation impaired causing bodily harm; and
- Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus).
The man was released from custody and given a court date in Bancroft on August 8.