OPP in Bracebridge report that a vehicle was struck by a train after becoming stuck in deep snow on a seasonal road in Muskoka Lakes Township.
On Saturday police were called after "an overly adventurous ice fisherman" tried to drive down a seasonal, unmaintained road to go ice fishing on the lake.
The road conditions deteriorated to the point where the driver was forced to turn back and then became stuck.
Unfortunately, it was at a rail crossing and as luck would have it, a slow-moving train happened by and hit the stuck vehicle.
"No one was hurt in the collision but specialized rail equipment had to be used to remove the damaged vehicle from the rail line," says Constable James Reading.
Police remind motorists that some roads are designated "summer maintained" which means they are not sanded, salted or plowed in the winter. Deep snow, ice, and fallen debris make these roads impassable to even highly capable off-road vehicles and passage should not be attempted.
Furthermore, roads that have been groomed into snowmobile trails are off limits to all vehicles except snowmobiles.
