(TOWNSHIP OF MUSKOKA LAKES, ON) - The Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a boating collision that occurred on Skeleton Lake in Muskoka Lakes Township that sent one person to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

On July 19, 2025, just before 5:00 pm Bracebridge OPP officers along with Muskoka EMS and Muskoka Lakes Fire Department, received several emergency calls from members of the public reporting that there had been a boating collision on Skeleton Lake in Muskoka Lakes Township near Skeleton Lake Road 5. Callers reported that a boat had collided with a swimmer and people on shore had managed to bring the victim out of the water. First responders were on scene quickly and the victim, a 22-year-old Georgina man, was rushed to hospital and further transported by air to a Toronto area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police located the operator of the vessel and have arrested and charged 39-year-old Richard MOORE of Niagara Falls, ON with the following:

• Impaired Operation Causing Bodily Harm
• Failure/Refusal to Comply with Demand (breath) - Bodily Harm
• Fail to Stop at Accident Resulting in Bodily Harm
• Failure to Comply with Release Order

He was held in custody and will appear for a bail hearing in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on Sunday, July 20, 2025.