LAKE COUCH DROWNING

7/2/2009 7:57:47 AM

Orillia OPP say they took a call early Tuesday morning from residents near Garnett Island in Ramara Township.  They had found the body of a man in Lake Couchiching, pulled him from the water and had begun CPR, emergency crews quickly arrived and continued the effort to revive the man.  He was transported to Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Orillia where sadly he was pronounced dead.  Police have identified the victim as 18 year old Aaron Anderson of Rama First Nation.  They're calling the drowning an accident.