Snowmobile Safety

• Snowmobiler thrown 30 feet after crash on Cordova Lake east of Peterborough: OPP

  Peterborough County OPP responded to a snowmobile crash on Cordova Lake. Police were told a snowmobile hit a pressure crack on the ice, tossing the driver from the machine.

  Traffic

  Feb 20, 2024
  
• B.C. man dies from freak snowmobile accident, donated organs help 13 people

  “Trevor touched 13 different people when he left this world. And that is an amazing thing.”

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2023
  
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• A quarter of Manitoba’s snowmobile trails groomed so far

  Manitoba's wacky weather has led to only a quarter of the province's snowmobile trails being groomed so far this year.

  Sports

  Jan 2, 2023
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• Snowmobile crashes on the rise over the last three years in Manitoba

  Serious and fatal snowmobile crashes have risen over the past three years in Manitoba.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2022
• 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
• OPP urge snowmobile riders to take caution amid recent crashes with injuries

  "It's not worth taking your life in your own hands to go out on a ride on a trail you're not familiar with."

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2021
• Snowmobiler in life-threatening condition after falling through ice in Oro-Medonte

  Representatives with the Orillia Fire Department and Ontario Provincial Police said the man fell into the water near Line 15 and Woodland Drive at around 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2021
• Snowmobile driver charged following death of a man who went through ice in Trent Lakes: OPP

  The driver of a snowmobile is facing charges, including dangerous operation causing death, after a 20-year-old man went missing in Trent Lakes, Ont., and was later found dead.

  Crime

  Aug 31, 2020
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• Snowmobiler goes through the ice on Chemong Lake north of Peterborough

  The snowmobiler did not require medical treatment.

  Traffic

  Dec 12, 2018
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• UPDATE: Well known Sicamous snowmobiler dies in accident north of Sicamous

  Police say the man, 51, was guiding the group in the Queest Mt. Forest Service Road area when his snowmobile rolled into a creekbed, pinning him.

  Dec 10, 2018