Second snowmobile crashes through ice into Rideau River in seven days

Snowmobile drivers are again being reminded to avoid traveling on ice where the conditions are unknown.

The message from police comes after a second snowmobile crashed through the ice on the Rideau River near Kemptville in the past seven days.

This time, East Region OPP say it happened around 5 p.m. Sunday on the river near County Road 43.

Police tell Moose FM that the rider wasn’t hurt and didn’t require medical treatment but he will have to retrieve his snowmobile when it’s safe to do so.

A snowmobile driver was treated for hypothermia last Monday after their snowmobile crashed into the river near Burritts Rapids.

Casey Kenny
Casey Kenny
A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.

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