The Keswick RCMP is investigating a snowmobile crash that has claimed the life of a 52-year-old woman from Lower Kingsclear.
Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on January 20, 2017, the RCMP responded to a 911 call for a crash involving a snowmobile that had a left a groomed trail near Route 105, close to the Mactaquac Provincial Park.
When police and paramedics arrived on scene they found the woman gravely injured. She later died in hospital as a result of her injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates that two people were travelling on the same snowmobile, in a wooded area, when it lost control in a turn and both occupants were thrown off the machine. The driver did not suffer serious injuries.
The investigation is continuing.