US EditionVehicle Submerged in Lake Ontario Near Greater Napanee After Attempted Traffic Stop, No Word on Occupants
The SIU is investigating whether an attempted traffic stop contributed to the crash as crews search for an unknown number of occupants.
- Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating after police divers pulled a body from a vehicle submerged in Lake Ontario following an attempted traffic stop on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
- At 10:55 p.m. Tuesday, an Ontario Provincial Police officer attempted to stop the vehicle on Bath Road in Lennox and Addington County, 50 kilometres west of Kingston, before it entered a ditch and sank.
- Search and rescue crews from the Prince Edward County OPP Marine Unit, OPP Aviation Services, the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre continue operations while Highway 33 remains closed at County Road 21 near the Loyalist Parkway.
- Independent of the police, the SIU invoked its mandate to conduct a criminal investigation, assigning a collision reconstructionist and two forensic investigators to examine the circumstances surrounding the attempted traffic stop.
- The SIU must publicly report the final results of its investigation, though authorities have not yet formally identified the recovered body or determined the total number of people inside the vehicle.
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Body found in submerged vehicle that entered Lake Ontario after police stop attempt
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Search underway, SIU investigating after vehicle plunges into Lake Ontario after attempted traffic stop
The OPP is searching for people who may have been in the vehicle after it went into the lake in the Greater Napanee area Tuesday night. The province’s police watchdog is investigating.
Vehicle submerged in Lake Ontario near Greater Napanee after attempted traffic stop, no word on occupants
Ontario’s police watchdog has invoked its mandate to investigate after a vehicle ended up in Lake Ontario following an attempted Ontario Provincial Police traffic stop near Napanee.
Police search underway after vehicle crashes into Lake Ontario
Ontario Provincial Police say they don't know how many people were inside a vehicle that allegedly ignored a traffic stop west of Kingston, Ont., late Tuesday night before crashing into a ditch and then sinking in Lake Ontario.
'Unknown' number of people missing after vehicle goes into lake
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) was called in after a traffic stop on a roadway near Kingston ended with a vehicle landing in Lake Ontario. On April 21, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were attempting to stop a vehicle at around 10:55 p.m. on Bath Road in Lennox and Addington County, about 50 kilometres west of […]
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