An 82-year-old snowmobiler from Northern Ontario has died after the senior’s sled went through the ice on Lake Temagami, provincial police say.
Members of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with officers from the Bear Island Police Service, responded to reports of a missing snowmobiler late in the afternoon on Jan. 6 after the rider failed to return home.
OPP Aviation Services, OPP Northeast Emergency Response Team, and OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit aided in the search, police said in a press release.
The Temagami resident was located deceased on Jan. 7.
Police said the investigation into the senior’s death is currently being conducted under the direction of the Ontario coroner’s office….