Rescue takes 3 hours

The Georgina Fire Department's marine rescue unit took about 90 minutes searching through thick fog on Lake Simcoe early Saturday morning for a snowmobile accident victim. Two snowmobiles hit head-on off Port Bolster just before 5 a.m., Fire Chief Bill O'Neill said. The second snowmobiler went ashore to call for help, then instead of waiting for rescue crews to lead them to the scene, left to be with his friend. As a result, "something that could have taken about half an hour took three", Chief O'Neill said. Firefighters searched the lake in a marine air boat, ATVs and snowmobiles. Once located, the unidentified Virginia man was transported by boat to shore and then by ambulance to hospital. He is suspected of having a broken leg and other undisclosed injuries.