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New Brunswick man dead after head-on snowmobile crash near Bathurst

A file photo of an RCMP cruiser. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

One man is dead and another is injured following a head-on snowmobile crash in northern New Brunswick.

Police say a 55-year-old man from Bathurst was killed Thursday when two snowmobiles collided on a groomed trail in Sormany, N.B., a community northwest of Bathurst.

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RCMP responded to a call of a head-on collision between a snowmobile heading eastbound and one heading westbound.

The male driver of the other snowmobile was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Police say both men were wearing helmets.

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While the investigation is ongoing, RCMP say alcohol is not believed to be a contributing factor in the crash.

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