Body recovered after snowmobile groomer mishap
Last Updated: Friday, April 2, 2010 | 1:34 PM ET
CBC News
Police have recovered the body of a 67-year-old man after his snowmobile trail groomer crashed through the ice of a lake in the Lanaudière region of Quebec Thursday afternoon.
The man’s body was found by provincial police divers Friday, one day after police said the groomer went though the ice on Lac Blanc, in Saint-Damien near Berthierville.
A 47-year-old woman who was also inside the vehicle was pulled from the water after a resident in the area alerted emergency officials Thursday afternoon.
The woman, who spent more than 40 minutes in the water, died later in hospital.
Police said it seems the two were out for a drive on the ice.
“There are no more snow mobile trails in that area [at this time of year],” said provincial police Sgt. Martine Isabelle. “There is still some snow … [and] ice, but clearly it isn’t very solid.”
The groomer was several hundred metres away from the shoreline when the ice gave way, said police.
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