A 20-year-old man has been charged with dangerous operation on the water after a jet ski struck a Toronto lifeguard patrol vessel on the shores of Lake Ontario.
The crash occurred late last week while a lifeguard was monitoring a designated swim zone aboard a patrol vessel at the Scarborough Bluffs in Toronto’s east end, according to a Toronto Police Service release. City of Toronto Beach Lifeguard patrol vessels are rigid-hull inflatables or white rowboats used by waterfront staff to patrol designated swim zones.
A jet ski entered the swim zone and crashed into the lifeguard’s vessel, which caused the lifeguard to be thrown into the water, police say. The lifeguard sustained minor injuries….