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Man dies after being thrown from snowmobile

He failed to negotiate a turn and was ejected
snowmobile accident graphic 2016

This past Saturday at 11:36 a.m., West Parry Sound OPP officers, Seguin Fire Department and Muskoka Emergency Medical Services responded to Woods Bay in the Township of the Archipelago for a report of a snowmobile accident.

An investigation has since revealed that the driver was travelling on Woods Bay when, for unknown reasons, he failed to negotiate a turn and was ejected.

The operator, Kenneth Trudeau, 30, of the Township of the Archipelago, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The OPP Technical Collision Investigators were deployed to the scene and are assisting in the investigation.

A post-mortem examination took place in Sudbury today but details were not revealed.