Police diver, passengers testify about panic after boat crash on Lake Ontario [Video]

A former Toronto police marine unit diver testified on Tuesday about trying to help panicked passengers who were trapped in a capsized pleasure boat on the night of May 31, 2022.

Const. Todd Adams was one of the first witnesses called at the judge-alone trial for Filip Grkovski. The 41-year-old Mississauga, Ont., man is charged with two counts of impaired operation causing death, two counts of criminal negligence causing death, four counts of impaired operation causing bodily harm and four counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

Grkovski was the owner of the motorized pleasure craft that struck rocks near Outer Harbour Marina on that night in May 2022, causing the boat to flip over, resulting in the deaths of 24-year-old Megan Wu of Newmarket and 34-year-old Julio Abrantes of Richmond Hill.

Adams said he was working for the marine unit when the call came in around 11:55 p.m. and …