A 22-year old man from Markham drowned while swimming in the Township of Whitewater Region. The incident occurred before 6:30 PM in the Ottawa River in Foresters Falls.
The man who was a visitor of OWL Rafting was swimming before he went underwater according to a new release. The man was discovered and dragged back to shore where CPR was administered. The paramedics arrived on the scene and transported to the healthcare facility, but he was declared dead a short while after. The man was identified as Charles “Chuck” Ozulumba.
Drowning incident
According to Dirk Van Wijk, co-owner of OWL Rafting, throughout the 40 years of operation, the company has not experienced a drowning incident. The company provides rafting services to thousands of visitors down the water every summer.
The man was staying with friends. He only freshly arrived when he went for a swim, went beneath the water and no longer surfaced. The body was found in half an hour after. According to Van Wijk, his family is truly saddened by the incident and has been reaching out to Ozulumba’s family.
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Learn how to help by enrolling in a CPR training course and for more information, check out these sources:
https://www.emedicinehealth.com/drowning/article_em.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation
https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/qa/what-is-cardiopulmonary-resuscitationcpr