There is a twist to a story we first brought you on Monday.
Quinte West firefighters, OPP and paramedics were called to King Fisher Cove on Sunday afternoon about a person in distress in the Bay of Quinte about 300 metres from shore.
Quinte West OPP have now charged the 38-year-old man who was pulled from the water with impaired operation.
Police say Sebastien Rancort of Saint-Gilles Quebec is facing operation while impaired by alcohol and operation with a blood alcohol concentration over 80 mgs.
He will appear in Belleville court on April 23 and his driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days.
Police want to remind the public that operating canoes and kayaks while impaired by drug or alcohol is against the law and the consequences are equal to that of operating a motor vehicle while impaired.
