A 27-year-old Nelson House man died when he hit a tree while snowmobiling at high speed, police say.
Nelson House RCMP learned on Jan 30 that the body of a missing man had been found on the trail to a camp north of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation. Earlier that day, a report had been filed with police that a man who had gone out on a snowmobile the previous day was missing.
Officers attended the scene of the collision on snowmobiles and determined that the man was travelling fast along the shore of Footprint Lake when he hit the tree. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene.
