NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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PERTH EAST - An individual was pronounced deceased following a collision involving a single snowmobile that collided with a tree in the Township of Perth East.
On Jan. 26, 2025, members of the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Perth County Emergency Medical Services and Perth East Fire Department attended a collision on the trail near Perth Road 140.
The 18-year-old male driver and was transported to a local trauma centre where he was pronounced deceased.
The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Club trail between Perth Road 135 and Road 140 was closed while the OPP Technical Collision Investigation were on scene investigating the collision. The trail has since been re-opened, but the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Perth County OPP at 1-888-310-1122. The OPP wants to thank the friends and family of the deceased as well as the responding emergency services and Huron-Perth Victim Services for their assistance and support in dealing with this traumatic event.
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