24 Year Old Man Deceased After Northumberland Strait Boating Incident.

A 24-year-old Wallace man has died after a boating incident near Oak Island in the Northumberland Strait.

Cumberland County District RCMP say emergency crews responded to a report of a person ejected from a boat at about 10:40 p.m. on June 30. Investigators learned five people were aboard a boat that ran aground near Oak Island, off Wallace Bay, when the man was thrown from the vessel and suffered life-threatening injuries.

Fire services transported him to the wharf in Wallace, where he was pronounced dead.

The boat’s operator, a 19-year-old Wallace Station man, was arrested and later released pending further investigation.

The investigation is ongoing with assistance from the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service, Transport Canada, and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Cumberland County District RCMP at 902-447-2525 or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers anonymously.