VERNON – A 16-year-old boy from the Salmon Arm area is dead after a snowmobiling accident northeast of Enderby Sunday morning.
The teen, identified by the BC Coroners Service as Brandon Edward Ouellette, and his father were out with a group of people in the Hunter’s Range snowmobiling area.
Police say the boy became separated from the group.
“It is believed he hit a snow bank and the snow machine flipped on top of him and he was trapped underneath it in the snow,” wrote North Okanagan RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk in a release.
RCMP say the boy’s father tried to radio his son but the teen didn’t respond.
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RCMP called in Vernon Search and Rescue who deployed a helicopter with a doctor and paramedics. However, the teen was pronounced dead on the way to Vernon.
Police say the location where the accident happened is only accessible by snowmobile.
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