Warnings to stay off ice after three dead in snowmobile crashes
Posted January 30, 2016 11:56 am.
Last Updated January 30, 2016 10:08 pm.
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There are warnings from Toronto police to stay off the ice after three people were killed in separate snowmobile crashes in south-central Ontario.
At Etienne Brule Park, a dog died after it fell through the ice.
Ontario Provincial Police say the three people died in two separate incidents.
The first fatal crash happened on Friday evening.
Police in Haliburton County say they received a report that a snowmobile went through the waters of Dark Lake in Highlands East Township.
They say they found the body of Thomas Rivers, 53, after several hours of searching.
The next morning, police in Georgian Bay Township say they received a report of a single-vehicle collision in an isolated spot on Go Home Lake.
The ice on the lake was unstable, so provincial police called in a Canadian Armed Forces rescue crew to help in the search and rescue process early Saturday.
Two male riders of the snowmobile were located and airlifted to a Parry Sound hospital, where they were both pronounced dead. Their names will be released after the families are notified.
Police are continuing to investigate and anyone with information is being asked to contact police.
