‘It Really Has Rocked Us’: Ottawa Teens Dead After Fall Through Ice From Same School

Published on December 29, 2023

A provincial coroner is investigating after two 17-year-old boys who fell through ice on the Rideau River in Ottawa’s south end on Dec. 27 were found dead. Ontario’s Eastern Region Supervising Coroner’s Office confirmed on Dec. 29 that it is probing the deaths of Ahmed Ahmed and Riley Cotter. Both of them were students at John McCrae Secondary School, a spokesperson for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board confirmed. Diane Pernari said staff, students, and other members of the community are feeling the tragedy deeply. “We have reached out to the families of the students, and have extended condolences on behalf of the (school) community,” she said on Dec. 29....

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