RCMP investigates fatal snowmobile incident near Angus Lake

At approximately 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, police received a report from a group of snowmobilers who were traveling together in a remote area near Angus Lake.

One of the riders ended up in a brook, trapped underneath his snowmobile. The unresponsive man was removed from the water by his friends who administered CPR. Efforts to revive the 55-year-old man were unsuccessful.

Deer Lake Search and Rescue was engaged, along with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre. The man’s body was removed from the area by JRCC and was transported to Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook. The man was pronounced deceased during his transport to the hospital by a medical professional onboard the aircraft.