Snowmobile Deaths

• Coroner releases report into 2020 death of 6 snowmobilers in Lac-St-Jean, Que.

  Tremblay ruled the deaths accidental but also issued a number of recommendations to improve snowmobile safety, including better signage and warnings against going off-trail.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2021
  
• Alcohol, drug use reported in more than half of Canada’s annual snowmobile deaths

  The report says alcohol or drug use, at 55 per cent, was reported in more than half of the fatalities involving snowmobiles between 2013 and 2019.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2021
  
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• Ontario woman dead after snowmobile crash in New Brunswick

  New Brunswick RCMP say that a 47-year-old woman from Ontario has died in a snowmobile crash in the Nepisiguit Falls area.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2018
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• Highest number of snowmobile deaths in nearly 15 years last winter: OPP

  They say they responded to 27 snowmobile deaths in the winter of 2016-2017.

  Crime

  Jan 22, 2018
• Police blame rider behaviour in rise of snowmobiling deaths in Ontario

  Ontario Provincial Police are warning riders about the dangers of snowmobiling after a recent spate of deaths.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2017
• 2 dead, 1 critically injured in separate snowmobiling crashes in Quebec

  Two men are dead and a teenager was seriously injured in three separate snowmobiling crashes across the province Saturday.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2017
• Snowmobile deaths in Quebec almost double over last winter

  This year has seen a recent record of snowmobiling deaths -- almost double last winter's total.

  Mar 15, 2015
• Steinbach mourns teen killed in snowmobile crash

  Jonah Crookes, 16, was being mourned Monday. He died after his snowmobile hit several trees, RCMP said.

  Dec 16, 2013