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Boy, 11, injured in snowmobile collision in Gravenhurst: OPP

Police say an 11-year-old boy was flown to a hospital in Toronto following a snowmobile collision in Gravenhurst. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

An 11-year-old boy was injured in a snowmobile collision in Gravenhurst, police say.

According to Bracebridge OPP, on Monday just after 5 p.m., officers received a report of a snowmobile crash on an island on Khashe Lake.

Officers say an 11-year-old boy had been doing doughnuts on the ice when he lost control of the snowmobile.

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Police say the snowmobile drove up a steep embankment and struck a tree.

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Officers say the rider and machine tumbled back down the embankment to the ice.

According to police, the child was wearing a helmet but sustained a broken arm and facial injuries.

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Police say the child was transported to a local hospital before he was flown to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

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