Man dies in snowmobile crash

January 20, 2017
Atholville, New Brunswick

News release

The Campbellton RCMP are investigating a snowmobile crash that claimed the life of a 49-year-old Campbellton man.

Police responded to the incident at approximately 11:30 a.m. on January 20, 2017, after receiving a call from another snowmobiler who came upon the crash along Route 11 near Sugarloaf Provincial Park in Atholville.

It appears the man's snowmobile left the trail, went over an embankment and ended up in a stream. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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Contact information

Sgt. René Labbé
Campbellton Detachment
Northeast District RCMP
506-789-6000

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