1996/1997 Snowmobile Fatalities

Final

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

CAUSE

AGE

SEX

TRAIL

1

12/18/96 14:30 Larder Lake Snowmobile through ice.  Passenger unable to get out of water.  Mother on another sled. 4 F N

2

12/19/96 17:10 Sturgeon Falls Two snowmobiles through ice.  Driver unable to get out of water. 22 M N

3

12/27/96 15:30 Val Gagne Crossing Highway 11, driver pulled out in front of motor vehicle. 14 M N

4

12/29/96 01:00 Parry Sound Driver went through ice on Crane Lake. 37 M N

5

12/29/96 16:55 Bruce Mines Driver on road crested hill on wrong side and collided with pickup truck. 24 M N

6

01/01/97 01:30 Stratford Driver in field came to highway, became airborne twice and landed on highway.  Passenger thrown from machine. 27 M N

7

01/04/97 18:00 Lake of the Woods Driver crossing ice struck snow covered rock. 67 M N

8

01/08/97 22:00 Owen Sound Driver on side road (also a trail) failed to negotiate a curve and struck a rock. 39 M Y

9

01/11/97 20:34 Sebringville Snowmobile on county road swerved to miss parked car.  Driver and passenger thrown off.  Driver struck head on car bumper. 18 F N

10

01/18/97 20:15 Lindsay Snowmobile travelling on rail bed crossed county road without stopping.  Struck by car.  Passenger deceased. 22 F N

11

01/26/97 17:54 Clinton Driver on street failed to yield at intersection.  Struck by car. 16 F N

12

01/28/97 20:00 Morrisburg Snowmobile in field struck a tree.  No helmet. 22 M N

13

02/01/97 21:17 Rochester Twp. Two snowmobiles riding on Ruscum River towards each other collided killing both operators. 26 M N

14

02/01/97 21:17 Rochester Twp. Two snowmobiles riding on Ruscum River towards each other collided killing both operators. 33 M N

15

02/01/97 ??:?? Creemore Driver travelling on road at high speed drove into rear of parked car. 42 M N

16

02/08/97 22:00 Kingston Driver on Cranberry Lake hit ice patch, lost control and struck bridge. 19 M N

17

02/15/97 20:05 Pembroke Snowmobile travelling on wrong side of concession road struck an oncoming machine on a hill in a curve. 20 M N

18

02/18/97 15:10 Sudbury Snowmobile crossing highway at blind curve struck by car.  Passenger deceased. 3 F N

19

02/22897 10:00 Apsley Snowmobile on provate road failed to negotiate curve, climbed snowbank, struck tree and rolled onto operator. 15 F N

20

02/28/97 21:30 Bancroft Snowmobile collided with rock face on shore of Bay Lake. 17 M N

21

03/01/97 20:43 Minden Snowmobile crossing lake Kashagawigamog struck corner of dock. 36 M N

22

03/02/98 21:10 Thunder Bay Riding on trail under trestle.  Operator struck head on trestle. 24 F Y

23

03/04/97 18:18 Owen Sound Operator on family property was thrown from snowmobile, which came to rest on top of him. 8 M N

24

03/08/97 20:15 Trout Lake
First Nation
Snowmobile on road ran into rear of parked car. 37 M N

25

03/10/98 15:30 Sioux Lookout Child grabbed back of moving snowmobile.  Snowmobile stopped but machine behind collided.  Victim caught between machines. 9 M Y

26

03/12/97 23:30 Thessalon Driver on trail failed to negotiate curve and struck tree. 46 M Y

27

03/14/97 17:51 Anten Mills Driver fell off snowmobile on trail and skidded into trees. 22 M Y

28

03/15/97 12:30 Sudbury Snowmobile on trail struck hydro pole. 45 M Y

29

03/15/97 21:54 Parry Sound Driver on  trail struck head on by oncoming machine on wrong side of trail at the crest of a hill. 27 M Y

30

03/20/97 02:05 Cochrane Snowmobile travelling in centre of concession road collided with backhoe. 32 M N

31

03/21/97 22:15 Apsley Snowmobile collided with another machine it was passing on roadway, was thrown off and struck by third machine in group. 26 M N

32

03/23/97 03:34 Dubreuville Snowmobiles racing on Green Lake struck pedestrian. 27 M N

33

03/23/97 01:00 Dryden Snowmobile on trail braked and skidded into tree.  Operator was thrown and struck a second tree. 49 M Y

34

03/28/97 07:30 Cranberry Lake Snowmobile sank crossing unfrozen area.  Driver unable to get out. 26 M N

35

04/05/97 23:30 Twp. of
Georgian Bay
Snowmobile crossing Go Home Lake left trail and drove into open water. 29 M N

36

04/10/98 10:15 Britt Snowmobile through ice on Magnetawan River. 68 M N