Alberta sledder dies after hitting tree
CBC News
Posted: Feb 20, 2013 2:28 PM MT
Last Updated: Feb 20, 2013 2:06 PM MT
A 50-year-old Alberta man has died in a snowmobile accident near Clearwater, B.C., Sunday.
Kelvin Bell of Hardisty, Alta. — located 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton — was with a group of snowmobilers spending the day in the popular mountain area northwest of Clearwater.
Bell died after losing control of his sled and hitting a tree while heading down the mountain in the late afternoon, said the B.C. coroner officer.
Bell died at the scene.
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