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Snowmobiler dies in Pierreville crash

By Annabelle Olivier Global News

Posted January 23, 2016 1:00 pm

Updated January 23, 2016 9:25 pm

1 min read

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Click to play video: 'Snowmobiler dies in Pierreville crash' — WATCH ABOVE: A snowmobiler is dead after he crashed into a fence post and was ejected from his snowmobile, while out for a ride Friday evening – Jan 23, 2016

MONTREAL – A 56-year-old man is dead after a snowmobiling collision Friday night in Pierreville, 122 km east of Montreal.

The man was snowmobiling on du Petit Bois road when police say he struck a fence post and was most likely ejected from the snowmobile.

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He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Quebec provincial police are investigating the incident.

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