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One person dead following snowmobile collision on Lake St. Clair: OPP

Police believe alcohol and speed were factors in the collision. Harrison Perkins

OPP are investigating a fatal snowmobile collision that happened Saturday afternoon.

Police say emergency crews responded around 3:50 p.m. to a crash between two snowmobiles on Lake St. Clair near Mitchell’s Bay.

According to officials, one person was pronounced dead at the scene and another person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

On Sunday evening, OPP identified the deceased as 43-year-old Brent Aitken of Chatham.

Anyone with further information is asked to contact OPP at 1-888-310-1122, the Chatham-Kent detachment at 519-352-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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