There were two accidents involving snowmobiles over the weekend – one fatal.
The first incident happened at around 2:45 PM on February 25th in Lake of Bays. Huntsville OPP received a report of a single snowmobile crash into a tree on Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs Trail D102B near Muskoka Road 117. A 43-year-old man from Burlington was airlifted to a trauma centre in Toronto with serious injuries.
Also on the 25th – a person in their 40’s was killed after a crash in North Bay. That incident is under investigation and the OPP told us there are no further details.
705BLACKFLY.COM received an overwhelming response to the stories we’ve done about the fatal snowmobile crashes this year and many readers expressed concern about safety – so we want to address the issue. In our video we hear from the Ontario Provincial Police, get safety tips from Rickward’s Polaris and more.
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