OPP identify swimmer who went missing off main beach in Port Burwell
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Elgin Ontario Provincial Police have identified the swimmer who went missing Sunday in Lake Erie as Peter Hildebrandt, 15, of Malahide Township.
Hildebrandt is presumed drowned.
He was swimming with a group of youths about 5:30 p.m. by the pier on the main beach in Port Burwell when he began to struggle and went under water, police said.
The other youths were pulled to safety.
OPP underwater search and recovery unit officers, Elgin County OPP and Central Elgin Fire and Bayham Fire Services are continuing Tuesday to search for Hildebrandt.