snowmobile crash
Man dead after driving snowmobile off cliff
SICAMOUS – The RCMP have confirmed a 49-year-old man was killed in a snowmobile accident in Shuswap backcountry Friday afternoon, Jan. 9. Police say the man was driving his snowmobile in the Owl Head Recreation Area east of Sicamous when he mistakenly drove off a 40-foot high cliff. RCMP officers, paramedics with the B.C. Ambulance...
UPDATE: Air rescue called for injured sledder in backcountry east of Kelowna
KELOWNA – Two snowmobiles crashed in the Greystokes Protected Area east of Kelowna Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, sending search and rescue teams into the backcountry to rescue an injured sledder. Duane Tresnich with Central Okanagan Search and Rescue says two snowmobile teams were deployed to the popular winter recreation area near Mount Jubilee along with...