A Manitoba senior is dead after crashing his snowmobile into a set of trees.
The crash happened on April 7 in Porcupine Provincial Forest, around 35 kilometres from Birch River.
The 80-year-old man from Minitonas was behind another snowmobile when he veered off the trail and hit the trees.
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The other snowmobile operator eventually realized nobody was behind him and turned around to find the senior driver suffering from life-threatening injuries.
The injured man was taken to Highway 365 to meet up with emergency crews, who gave him medical assistance, but he died from his injuries.