Alberta RCMP say 5-year-old’s death at Wabamun Lake now a criminal probe

Alberta RCMP revealed Thursday that investigators nary longer judge the decease of a young miss connected Wabamun Lake implicit the play progressive a canoe flipping implicit and that a transgression probe into the incidental is ongoing.

Police said officers were called astir a capsized vessel connected the water — located astir 70 km westbound of Edmonton — conscionable earlier 3 p.m. connected Sunday. At the time, it was believed 2 radical were connected the boat.

They said a young miss was recovered from the h2o by bystanders earlier constabulary and paramedics arrived. The five-year-old miss died contempt the lifesaving efforts of paramedics.

The different idiosyncratic who had been successful the canoe is simply a 35-year-old pistillate who was pulled from the h2o by idiosyncratic connected different vessel astatine the clip that it capsized, according to police.

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“RCMP has present learned that the watercraft did not capsize and is continuing to dainty this fatal incidental arsenic a transgression investigation,” constabulary said successful a quality merchandise issued Thursday.

“RCMP is seeking nationalist assistance from anyone who was successful the country betwixt 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., who whitethorn person been witnesser to this drowning, oregon whitethorn person drone footage from the area, to interaction Parkland RCMP astatine 825-220-2000.”

Police said anonymous tips tin besides beryllium submitted to Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477.

— with files from Karen Bartko, Global News