Man survives plunge after snowmobile goes through ice in central Ontario

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TINY TOWNSHIP, Ont. – A 32-year-old man made a narrow escape after his snowmobile plunged through thin ice on a bay in central Ontario.

Provincial police say it happened on New Year’s Day in Penetanguishene Bay in Tiny Township.

Emergency workers who responded to a call about the incident searched the ice surface for the snowmobile driver.

But police say the man – who is from the Owen Sound area – was later found warming up in a vehicle on a nearby trail.

Police say the man is lucky to have survived after plunging into the icy waters without a floater snowmobile suit.

His 2014 900 Arctic Cat snowmobile remains at the bottom of the bay.