Plane May Have Gone Down In Lake Ontario

Toronto police are probing reports of a possible downed plane in Lake Ontario near Sunnyside Beach. Officers with the Marine Unit are out searching, but there is no confirmation of any wreckage just yet. Toronto Fire has initiated a lake rescue response involving ten vehicles. However, CityNews has heard radio reports indicating three people were taken back to the Police Marine Unit on board a boat. It's not yet known if that's related to the plane report.

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It's a rare happy ending to a story that could have been much worse.
The Toronto Police Marine Unit has plucked three people from Lake Ontario after their small plane crashed into the water not far from the Island Airport.

The incident took place around 3:30pm Thursday, sending rescue crews scrambling to reach the site in time.

"We responded with four vessels," explains Sgt. Phil Glavin. "Located three persons in the water. Removed all three persons from the water. All living, and were able to transport them to land. They're now being dealt with by Toronto E.M.S., and at this point, there's not much else we can do. This will become a Transport Canada investigation."

There's no word on the type of plane or why it crashed, but those on board appear to have survived the crash without much physical trauma. All the injuries are reported to be minor, but the passengers and pilot have been taken by ambulance to hospital as a precaution.