A snowmobiler is facing impaired driving charges after his vehicle ended up going into open water on Chemong Lake north of Peterborough on Saturday night.
The incident happened around 9:15 p.m. on Chemong Lake near the James A. Gifford Causeway near Kelly Boulevard in Bridgenorth. The area is 20 kilometres north of Peterborough.
Peterborough County OPP say the man was out with a group of other snowmobilers when he and the snowmobile he was operating plunged into the icy water.
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Police say the other people in the group helped the man to safety and took him to a home on Pope Drive in Ennismore on the opposite side of the lake.
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Peterborough paramedics transported the man to Peterborough Regional Health Centre for treatment of possible hypothermia.
The snowmobiler has been charged with operation of a motor vehicle while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration of 80 or more.
More details are expected to be released later Monday.
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