The search for a 43-year-old man who had been thrown overboard after a boating accident in Finlayson Arm has been suspended, while a mother and infant, who were also thrown from the vessel, recover in hospital.
The search for Greater Victoria resident Ryan Mazar was suspended at 10 a.m. Wednesday (April 23), confirmed West Shore RCMP香蕉视频直播檚 Cpl. Nancy Saggar.
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The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria was contacted, and Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue teams were deployed by air and by boat.
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To respect their privacy, Saggar was unable to confirm the relationship of the three involved in the accident, but did say they were all known to each other and are all residents of Greater Victoria.
Mazar is described as a Caucasian man, between 6'2" and 6'5", approximately 230 pounds. He has brown eyes and short grey hair styled in a mohawk. He has a large nautical-themed tattoo on his left bicep and forearm, and a tattoo in the shape of Vancouver Island on his right arm.
Anyone with information that could assist in locating Mazar is asked to call West Shore RCMP at 250-474-2264.
