97/98 Ontario Snowmobile Fatalities

 

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

CAUSE

AGE

SEX

TRAIL

1

11/28/97

10:45

Manotick

Snowmobile travelling on snow covered golf course access road, veered to the left and struck a post

20

M

N

2

12/06/97

16:30

Fergus

Snowmobile in field went through a cedar fence and struck a tree

20

F

N

3

12/07/97

21:45

Fort Frances
Seine River F.N.

Vehicle wsetbound on Seine River, collided with a dock and was ejected

30

M

N

4

12/17/97

22:05

Cochrane

Snowmobile on a township road collided with a parked pick up truck

21

M

N

5

12/25/97

01:00

Gooderham

Driver was on Pine Lake, collided with a stump and was thrown from snowmobile

25

M

N

6

12/27/97

17:30

Chapleau

Snowmobile southbound on Esher Rd, crested a hill and collided with a pick up truck

17

M

N

7

12/27/97

22:00

St. Clements

Driver southbound in farmers field. For unknown reason drove into a parked logging trailer

23

M

N

8

12/28/97

03:39

Haliburton

Driver eastbound on Little Black Lake struck the shoreline and struck trees

29

M

N

9

12/28/97

14:25

Hearst

Driver westbound on Gratton Rd. struck rear of tractor trailer

25

M

N

10

12/28/97

21:02

Kenora

Driver southbound on Deception Lake approaching the shoreline, braked and collided with rocky shore and trees

35

M

N

11

12/31/97

16:26

Matheson

Driver on Ferguson St. hit a dog, rolled the snowmobile and struck a snowbank.

30

M

N

12

01/04/98

18:30

Lake Couchiching

Snowmobile on Lake Couchiching struck a rock. Passenger was ejected and sustained fatal injuries.

39

F

N

13

01/05/98

??:??

Madoc

Driver was on a frozen river bed. Struck a tree.

30

M

N

14

01/15/98

22:00

Lake Scugog

Snowmobiles crossing lake entered open water

20

M

N

15

01/16/98

00:33

Lake Scugog

Snowmobiles crossing lake entered open water

31

M

N

16

01/16/98

03:00

Englehart

On trail driver failed to negotiate curve and struck fence posts

25

M

Y

17

01/17/98

03:30

Noelville

Driver westbound on a road crested a knoll, went into ditch and struck a tree.

32

M

N

18

01/20/98

05:55

Lake Scugog

Snowmobiles drove into open water

24

M

N

19

01/20/98

05:55

Lake Scugog

Snowmobiles drove into open water.

24

M

N

20

01/24/98

01:00 - 02:45

Penetanguishene

Snowmobile westbound on Murray road crested snowbank and became airborne. Snowmobile then struck trees.

33

M

N

21

01/24/98

18:05

Queensville

Snowmobile travelling across frozen river collided with another snowmobile

38

M

N

22

01/24/98

18:05

Queensville

Snowmobile travelling across frozen river collided with another snowmobile

20

M

N

23

01/24/98

20:55

South Frontenac Twp.

Snowmobile travelling across Buck Lake, veered to the right for unk reason and struck trees on shoreline

27

M

N

24

01/27/98

20:10

Iron Bridge

Snowmobile on trail at high rate of speed lost control on a curve and struck a tree

19

M

Y

25

01/28/98

22:30

New Lowell

Driver Eeastbound on trail veered off trail and struck two trees

45

M

Y

26

01/31/98

02:00

Ennismore

Snowmobile travelling on roadway struck parked pickup truck

28

M

N

27

01/31/98

22:30

Lake Abitibi

Snowmobile travelling across lake struck a fishing hut

47

M

N

28

02/07/98

18:45

Napanee

Snowmobile southbound on trail went over knoll, lost control, went into ditch and then struck a tree

21

M

Y

29

02/07/98

21:14

Finch Twp., Berwick

Snowmobile on maintained trail missed turn and struck a guy wire on a hydro pole

27

M

Y

30

02/07/98

23:00

Haliburton

Snowmobile travelling across Clear Lake entered slushy area and then struck a tree

35

M

N

31

02/07/98

02:30

Kenora

Driver last seen heading onto Lake of Woods. Has not been seen since.

26

M

N

32

02/14/98

20:00

Restoule

Snowmobile drove off Wiggins Lake onto private trail and struck tree

35

M

N

33

02/14/98

18:30

Pembroke

Snowmobile went through the ice

35

M

N

34

02/14/98

18:30

Pembroke

Snowmobile went through the ice

34

M

N

35

02/23/98

11:00

Kapuskasing

Racer from Challenge Kanada, failed to stop for stop sign and struck a logging truck

39

M

N

36

03/02/98

08:00

Rainy Lake

Snowmobile eastbound across Stanjikoming Bay broke through the ice

59

M

N

37

03/03/98

08:15

Wabeesemong First Nation

Snowmobile crossing Winnipeg River broke through the ice

45

M

N

38

03/14/98

10:45

Sudbury

Driver crossing Caneron Lake was thrown from his snowmobile and was run over by another machine.

30

M

N

39

03/14/98

14:55

Parry Sound

Snowmobile on the Key River went through the ice

82

M

N

40

03/19/98

19:30

Icarus Lake

Driver of snowmobile was struck by a falling tree

56

F

N

41

04/10/98

20:00

Sioux Lookout

Snowmobile on Scaler Lake went through the ice

41

M

N

42

04/05/98

16:40

Dryden

Snowmobile on Wabigoon Lake failed to negotiate a curve and rolled over

37

M

N