Snowmobile fatality

Officers from the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in conjunction with Traffic Collision Investigators are assisting the Office of the Coroner in investigating a fatal, single Motorized Snow Vehicle (MSV) collision in the bush area near Little Silver Lake in Tay Valley Township.

On December 27th, 2018, at approximately 11:23 pm, Lanark County OPP officers attended the collision location along with Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Life-saving measures were taken but the male, a 36-year-old resident of Tay Valley Township succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Although the male had been riding with a friend on separate MSV's at the time of the collision, no other vehicle was involved and no one else was injured. The investigation is still active and on-going.