“They had to take a step back because the river started widening and becoming a lot faster.”Įmergency crews have deployed boats and an excavator to try and break up loose ice, Anderson said. “The firefighters reported that currents were becoming very difficult to stand and even navigate,” he said. Rescue mission underway in local town after girl falls through ice.Searchers dig in anew on Day 3 of quest for girl who fell through creek ice.'Terribly tragic': Search entering Day 2 after girl, 10, fell through ice.Search resumed for 10-year-old who fell through area creek's ice.Mitchell residents rally behind family as search continues for missing girl.Search for girl who fell through ice revives pain of eerily similar '76 tragedy.Warming weather this week has since made parts of the search effort especially difficult, Anderson said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The ongoing event has since devastated the community of 5,000 and sparked an outpouring of support from residents, some of whom have lined up teddy bears along a local bridge and donated food to emergency crews. “We’re going to probably break into two teams and basically we’re going to leap frog all the way up the Thames as far as we can go,” Anderson said.Ī massive search effort first began when emergency crews responded to Whirl Creek after a girl fell through ice around 10:30 a.m. Marys and Mitchell are separated by about 30 kilometres.

Their task was to begin a ground search on both sides of the river that gradually moved north toward Mitchell, covering a section of the Thames that an OPP helicopter has been patrolling from the air since Tuesday. The next issue of LFP Noon News Roundup will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.

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