Thirteen people rescued after scary boating outing on Kamloops Lake
KAMLOOPS — A scary evening on Kamloops Lake for 13 people in a pleasure craft out for an evening boat ride. The boat lost power in the storm that was going through the area, and the boat was swamped by large waves brought on by the high winds, flooding the engine.
WATCH: Raw video of the capsized boat in Kamloops Lake
Staff Sergeant Michel Grondin says ” they were going up Kamloops Lake from the Thompson River. They were swamped by some large waves that were generated by high winds from the storm going through here. I guess they were forced to bail out of the boat once the engine lost power. “