Man Found Deceased in Lake Orion After Apparently Falling Out of Boat and Drowning
(OCSO, June 17, 2023)
Lake Orion, MI – A 55-year-old man died Friday evening after he apparently fell out of a boat on Lake Orion and apparently drowned.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team was called to Victoria Island about 5:40 p.m. Friday by the Lake Orion Village Police Department on the report of a missing boater.
Family members reported Tonino Zaccagnini, of Lake Orion, missing after seeing some personal items floating in the water near a boat house and an empty boat adrift on the lake. Zaccagnini was found by a family friend approximately 15 feet from shore in about six feet of water. The rescue team recovered Zaccagnini from the water and began performing CPR.
He was transferred to a nearby boat launch where paramedics from the Orion Township Fire Department took over life-saving efforts. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. An autopsy was planned. The death remains under investigation.
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