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snowmobile safety

Snowmobile incidents: man dies near Emma Lake

Mar 9, 2020 | 2:24 PM

A man died and another is in serious condition following two separate snowmobile incidents on the weekend.

In a media release Monday, RCMP said a collision approximately five kilometres north of Emma Lake on Friday night claimed the life of a 48-year-old man.

It was reported to P.A. RCMP that the driver was snowmobiling with friends in the afternoon before becoming separated from the group. A group of friends began a search and located the driver deceased just off the trail hours later. EMS and Lakeland Fire Department also attended the scene. An autopsy has been ordered and scheduled to take place in the coming days.

On Saturday, between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., Wollaston Lake RCMP received a report of a single snowmobile collision in Wollaston Lake. A 20-year-old man, the lone driver of the snowmobile, was taken to hospital in Saskatoon by air ambulance with what were reported to be serious, life-threatening injuries.