Emergency responders rushed to Gellatly Bay in the early morning hours of Aug. 17, trying to save a boy who jumped into the water and did not re-surface.

Shortly before 1 a.m. crews were called to the bay, located in West Kelowna, they were told the youth had jumped from the ferry wharf recreational structure into the lake and then could not be found. According to the Kelowna RCMP, crews located the boy and pulled him from the water onto the wharf. Emergency crews immediately began CPR and the boy was then rushed to hospital by the Advanced Life Support crew of BC Emergency Health Services.

害羞草研究所淒espite the best efforts of everyone involved, the 15-year-old boy could not be resuscitated and passed away in hospital,害羞草研究所� said Cpl. Jesse O害羞草研究所橠onaghey, spokesman for the Kelowna Regional RCMP Detachment.

害羞草研究所淩CMP victim services are providing support to the witnesses and the victim害羞草研究所檚 family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the boy害羞草研究所檚 loved ones during this difficult time.害羞草研究所�

The B.C. Coroners Service is also probing the boy害羞草研究所檚 death.

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