July 23, 2021
Swift Current, Morse, Outlook, Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan
On July 22, 2021, the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team (HEART) reported to Elbow RCMP that they had located a deceased individual in Lake Diefenbaker during a search they were conducting.
Elbow RCMP and Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment Conservation Officers attended the scene and recovered the individual. It was confirmed to be a 36-year-old male who did not resurface after jumping in the lake to help his children on July 1, 2021.
We are not releasing the male's name. His family has been notified. The Saskatchewan RCMP offers all of his loved ones and friends our sincere condolences.
Since July 1, HEART, the Elbow/Outlook RCMP detachment, the Saskatchewan RCMP Underwater Recovery Team, and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association have conducted searches for the man on Lake Diefenbaker. The Saskatchewan RCMP wishes to thank our partner agencies for their assistance in this search.
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Backgrounder
Saskatchewan RCMP respond to two water-related incidents at Diefenbaker Lake
2021-07-02
On July 1 around 11:00 a.m. Swift Current, Morse and Outlook RCMP officers responded to a complaint of a person overboard a boat on Lake Diefenbaker near the Palliser Regional Park shoreline.
A 36-year-old male from Central Butte jumped into the water to assist his swimming children in distress. The children were helped out of the water and brought into the boat, but the 36-year-old male did not resurface.
Searches were done yesterday on both sides of the lake on the shoreline by RCMP, Ministry of Environment Conservation Officers, Lucky Lake Fire Services and Central Butte EMS and multiple civilian boats.
The RCMP Underwater Recovery Team will be in the area today to begin searching for the male and the public will note an increased police presence. We ask that members of the public please avoid the areas where the team is searching for the safety of the divers.
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Around 3:00 p.m. on July 1 Outlook RCMP responded to a complaint of a 22-year-old female who was swimming at Douglas Provincial Park when she encountered difficulty in the water. When police arrived she had been removed from the water and was being assisted by EMS and local first responders before being transported by STARS to hospital in Regina. We do not have an update on her condition.
