Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Ice Road Fatal

One person is dead following a collision on an ice road on Lakeof the Woods south of Kenora.

The OPP say they were called out to an accident on SabaskongBay last Friday morning around 11 AM.

Police say a truck and a snowmachine collided on the ice road.

The operator of the sled, a 49 year old man from the Onigaming First Nation was killed.

So far his name has not been released.

Members of the OPP's Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Unit have been called in to look into the cause of the accident.