After searching for more than four hours, police and emergency services were unable to locate a person in apparent distress near the Trent River east of Hastings on Thursday evening (December 26).
At around 4:35 p.m., Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from a member of the public who reported hearing a man calling out for help near the Trent River in the area of Valley View Lane, around three kilometres east of the village of Hastings in Trent Hills.
Officers with the Northumberland OPP along with emergency medical services and the Trent Hills fire department attended the area, where they patrolled trails and roads on both sides of the river looking for the man.
The OPP Emergency Response Team and the fire department both used drones in an effort to locate the man, and OPP Aviation Services also joined the search.
Police and emergency crews were unable to find the man and began clearing from the area shortly after 9 p.m.
Police, who believe that the man in distress was somewhere on the south side of the Trent River in the area of Valley View Lane, are continuing to investigate the incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Northumberland OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
