**** RCMP Media Release
RCMP investigates fatality following snowmobile crash
Cumberland County District RCMP is investigating following a snowmobile crash and fatality that occurred in Collingwood Corner.
On February 21, at approximately 10:20 p.m., RCMP officers, fire services, and EHS responded to a report of a crash on Wyvern Rd. RCMP officers learned that a man was operating a snowmobile when it went off the road and hit a snowbank before coming to rest.
The driver of the snowmobile, a 28-year-old Springhill man, was struck by a fire truck while being attended to in the roadway.
The man was pronounced deceased a short time later.
The investigation, which is in its early stages, is ongoing. The Nova Scotia RCMP Collision and Reconstruction Service team is assisting. Both the snowmobile and the fire truck have been seized.
