Man drowns in river

Police confirm on Sunday that a 21-year-old-man has drowned while cliff jumping at a popular swimming spot along the Mackenzie River.

Officers with the Ontario Province Police Thunder Bay detachment say Dau Huston and a friend went to a swimming hole about 20 minutes upstream from the Mackenzie Inn around 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The friends took turns jumping off the cliff into the water. Police say on Huston’s second turn he jumped off and went into the water but did not resurface.

OPP Sgt. Rob McDonough said the friend went to look for Huston when he didn’t come back up and found him farther down stream face-down in the water. The friend noticed Huston was not breathing so he started CPR and asked some nearby people to call for help.

"CPR was, I guess, being performed on the victim the entire time until the moment the air ambulance got here," McDonough said. "He was pronounced dead at 4:10 p.m."

McDonough said the body was released and next of kin was notified.