An Ontarian died Saturday morning following a snowmobile accident in Thetford-Mines, in Chaudière-Appalaches.
Emergency services, called to a fatal collision, found the snowmobiler unresponsive shortly before 8 a.m. on a trail in an area of Thetford Mines.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) indicated that the man was ejected from his vehicle after making a wrong turn on trail 25.
“We know that speed could have played a role. There is also a patrol officer trained to investigate collisions who has been assigned to the scene,” said Sergeant Stéphane Tremblay, spokesperson for the SQ.
The unresponsive snowmobiler was transported to hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead. The victim is a man in his 30s from Brampton-East, Ontario.
The trail had to be closed in the morning until around 11:30 a.m.