Bikers die in Lake Simcoe plunge

Bikers die in Lake Simcoe plunge

Two men are dead and a third was treated for hypothermia after their motorcycles fell through the ice on Lake Simcoe early Sunday.

York Regional Police say the three men were riding across the lake on two motorcycles at around 3:30 a.m. when they went into the water between Snake and Fox islands.

The lone survivor, a 22-year-old man, was a passenger on one of the motorcycles.

Investigators say he was able to leap clear as the motorcycle went into the water, and made his way to a patch of ice, where he called police with his cellphone.

The other two men fell into the water, where they apparently died of hypothermia.

Members of the Innisfil Fire Department found the survivor at about 8 a.m. Sunday.

He was taken to hospital, where he was treated for hypothermia.

The bodies of his two companions were recovered from the lake on Sunday afternoon.